Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1641, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to help fund the costs for managing, administering, and overseeing non-agricultural park lands that are transferred to the Department of Agriculture.

This is accomplished by establishing the non-agricultural park lands special fund. The fund is to accept for deposit legislative appropriations and all lease rent, fees, penalties, and other revenue or funds collected from non-agricultural park lands that are transferred to the Department.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making a nonsubstantive change for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1641, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1641, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.