STAND. COM. REP. NO.1003
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 41
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred S.B. No. 41, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to teach Hawaii's youths about the State's unique natural history and to direct them toward careers in conservation by:
(1) Re-establishing the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC);
(2) Directing the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to use conveyance tax moneys designated for the Natural Area Reserve Fund (Fund) to support YCC; and
(3) Appropriating an unspecified amount from the Fund for YCC.
DLNR supported the intent of this measure. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Specifying that funding for YCC does not replace the important funding priorities of the Natural Area Partnership, Forest Stewardship, and watershed management programs;
(2) Inserting $1 for the purpose of continued discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 41, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 41, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land Use,
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____________________________ EZRA KANOHO, Chair |
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