STAND. COM. REP. 1286

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1415

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1415 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to further protect conservation districts by clarifying that the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) may:

(1) Impose fines for violations occurring within conservation districts;

(2) Require payment of land or habitat restorative costs from persons violating the conservation district; and

(3) Allow for verbal notification to serve as a notice of violation.

DLNR testified in support of this measure.

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. 1415 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair