STAND. COM. REP. NO. 712-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2569
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2569 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES
     SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a permanent
Commercial Fisheries Special Fund in the treasury of the State
which will replace the temporary fund which will sunset on June
30, 2001.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and a concerned
individual testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2569, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2569, H.D. 1.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair