STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2846

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

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




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development, to which was
referred H.B. No. 2569, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to enact permanently the
commercial fisheries special fund.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Board of Land and Natural Resources.  Testimony in
opposition was received from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

     The commercial fisheries special fund was enacted by Act
220, Session Laws of Hawaii 1996, with a repeal date of June 30,
2001.  This measure codifies Act 220 into the Hawaii Revised
Statutes, without the repeal date.  The commercial fisheries
special fund receives moneys from various fees and penalties
associated with commercial fishing activities.  Moneys from the
fund are used for the conservation, improvement, monitoring, and
management of commercial fishing in the State.  Your Committee
believes that commercial fishing programs should continue to
benefit directly from fees and other moneys paid by commercial
fishers.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose

 
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of H.B. No. 2569, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Economic
                                   Development,



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                                   LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

 
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