STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1567-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 143
                                     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 Energy and Environmental Protection, to
which was referred S.C.R. No. 143 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO
     IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOURCES OF PERMANENT DEDICATED FUNDING
     AND FUNDING NEEDS OF THE NATURAL AREA RESERVES SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to enhance the
management of Hawaii's native flora and fauna that survive in the
State's 19 Natural Area Reserves.  This measure requests the
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to convene a
working group to identify potential sources of permanent
dedicated funding and funding needs of the Natural Area Reserves
System (NARS).

     DLNR, the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Life of the Land,
and the Hawaii Audubon Society testified in support of this
measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding the
provisions of the proposed S.C.R. No. 183, H.D. 1, which your
Committee circulated prior to this public hearing.  This proposed
draft requests DLNR and the Hawaii Tourism Authority to discuss
the conditions of selected state park restroom facilities.  Your
Committee notes that the Committee on Water and Land Use passed
out a similar measure (H.C.R. No. 133) on March 31, 2000.


 
 
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     Your Committee has further amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the title to read: "SENATE CONCURRENT
          RESOLUTION RELATING TO STATE PARK RESTROOM FACILITIES
          AND FUNDING FOR THE NATURAL AREA RESERVES SYSTEM"; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct
          drafting errors.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection that is attached
to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and
purpose of S.C.R. No. 143, as amended herein, and recommends that
it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached
hereto as S.C.R. No. 143, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Energy and
                                   Environmental Protection,



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                                   HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair