STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2178

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2910
                                        




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 S.B. No. 2910 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 make the temporary
commercial fisheries special fund permanent.

     Testimony in favor of this measure was submitted by the
Department of Land and Natural Resources.  The Office of Hawaiian
Affairs (OHA) submitted testimony in opposition.

     Your Committee finds that fees collected from commercial
licenses and permits are deposited into this special fund to be
used for the management of commercial fishing and its related
licensing program.

     Your Committee has heard the concerns of OHA regarding ceded
lands revenue from submerged lands and their associated
resources, twenty per cent of which must be paid to OHA before
the funds are deposited into this special fund.  However, DLNR
has indicated they are in discussions with OHA to provide
assurances that this legislation will not affect OHA's ceded
lands revenues.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Economic Development that is attached to this

 
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report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2910 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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