Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1267, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to gain knowledge and understanding of shark activity through the collection and interpretation of data about shark movements and habits of migration by appropriating funds for the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), in conjunction with the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, to hire a contractor to tag and monitor sharks along the Leeward Coast of Oahu from Pearl Harbor to Kaena Point.

Concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. DLNR and Hawaiian Human Society submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion.

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. 1267, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1267, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.