CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.83-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 3063
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3063, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to support programs of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) that benefit the environment by authorizing DLNR to develop environmentally-themed products for sale to the public to raise revenue.
Your Committee on Conference agreed to use the H.D. 2 version of this measure as a base for the C.D. 1. The House version of this measure differed from the Senate version primarily in that it mandated that any revenues raised from the sale of environmentally-themed products be used to benefit the environment in an area related to the environmental theme of the product sold. Your Conference Committee notes that DLNR must devise a system to track funds from various product sales to ensure that the proceeds are used for a purpose related to the environmental theme of the product sold.
Your Committee on Conference further amended this measure to direct that the funds raised from the sale of products authorized by this measure be deposited into the Endangered Species Trust Fund established pursuant to section 195D-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, rather than into the Natural Area Reserve Fund.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3063, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3063, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ HERMINA M. MORITA, Co-Chair |
____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair |
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____________________________ SCOTT K. SAIKI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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