STAND. COM. REP. NO.172-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2568
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
H.B. No. 2568 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE PARKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to replace the 'Aina Ho'omalu
Special Fund with the State Parks Special Fund to carry out
program objectives.

     Testimony was received in support of the bill from the
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).

     Testimony in opposition to the bill was received from the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
     
     Your Committee finds that due to the continuing malaise of
the State's economy and with diminishing revenues to support
state services, including the administration and operation of the
State Parks System, the 'Aina Ho'omalu Special Fund should be
eliminated with revenues generated being deposited instead into a
State Parks Special Fund.  This will give DLNR greater
flexibility to allocate revenues generated by the State Parks
System to benefit all State Park Programs including continued
support to the 'Aina Ho'omalu State Parks Program, supplementing
general fund appropriation.  Currently, special fund moneys in
excess of budgeted amounts have from time to time been
transferred to the general fund. 


 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 2568 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water and Land
                                   Use,



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                                   ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair