STAND. COM. REP. NO.854-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 3063
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 3063, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to create long-term supplemental funding sources to protect the environment by establishing a program to develop environmentally-themed products such as collectible stamps, credit cards, and coins for sale to the public. Revenues would be deposited into the natural area reserve fund.
Hawaii's Thousand Friends and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, supported this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this bill.
Other states have used license plate sales, collectible stamps, and credit cards with great success as a way to raise money to protect the environment.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the provision that placed an unspecified percentage limitation on the direct costs of the program;
(2) Clarifying that the revenues must benefit programs related to the environmental theme of the product sold; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and consistency.
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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3063, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3063, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair |
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