STAND. COM. REP. 2557
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2973
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Energy and Environment and Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2973 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERIM RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt interim rules to protect native species threatened with imminent extirpation or extinction.
Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaii Audubon Society; and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter.
Your Committees find that providing the Department of Land and Natural Resources with interim authority to respond immediately to threats of imminent extirpation or extinction of native species is critical for the protection of the State's unique natural resources.
Your Committees amended this measure to make technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environment and Water, Land, and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2973, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2973, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environment and Water, Land, and Agriculture,
____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair |
____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair |
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