STAND. COM. REP. NO. 139

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 30
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Environment, to which was
referred S.B. No. 30 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of
Land and Natural Resources to conduct an endangered species art
contest for the production of an annual state endangered species
stamp.  Proceeds from the sale of articles derived from such
contests are to be deposited into the wildlife revolving fund.

     Testimony in support of the intent of this measure with
amendments was received from the Board of Land and Natural
Resources.  Testimony supporting this measure was received from
Hawaii's Thousands Friends and the Sierra Club.

     Your Committee finds that an endangered species art contest
will educate our Keiki in the awareness and preservation of
Hawaii's endangered species.  In addition, the contest may raise
needed revenue for the department.

     Your Committee is in accord with the suggested amendments
from the Board of Land and Natural Resources to give the Board
discretionary authority in how endangered species stamps are
selected and produced.  Additional discretion would allow the
Board to use a variety of methods to select the art, such as a
donated piece of art work from an established artist, direct
commission, or art contest.  This flexibility will allow

 
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selection and production of the best product.  At the suggestion
of the Board, the measure also was amended to require that the
proceeds be deposited into the endangered species trust fund
instead of the wildlife revolving fund.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Environment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 30, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 30,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and
                                   Environment,



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                                   BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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