Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 2006, S.D. 3, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to conserve and protect our precious natural resources and ensure the sustainability of one of Hawaii's most sought-after delicacies by prohibiting the selling of opihi in a manner that also respects Hawaiian cultural practices.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, a member of the Maui County Council, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Community Conservation Network supported this measure with amendments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by, among other things:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2006, S.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2006, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.