Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 298 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) to study the feasibility of mandated or incentive-based voluntary rooftop landscaping.

CTAHR supported the intent of this measure. The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii opposed this measure. The Department of Agriculture provided comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 298 and recommends its adoption.