STAND. COM. REP. NO.1393
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 981
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 981, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Increase the number of members of the Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) from six to seven; and
(2) Require a vote by a simple majority of Board members who are qualified to vote and are present at a meeting to allow any decision on land use permits in the conservation district.
The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club submitted testimony in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Adding an unspecified appropriation to be expended by DLNR; and
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 981, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 981, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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