Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2017 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for state lifeguards.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association, and the Kauai Water Safety Task Force.

Your Committees find that lifeguards serve an essential function in a state surrounded by the ocean and numerous freshwater attractions. Lifeguards allow the public to enjoy the natural beauty of our waters and contribute to Hawaii's reputation as a desirable place to live and visit. This measure makes an appropriation to match county funds for lifeguards on the islands of Kauai and Maui.

Your Committees have amended this measure by blanking out the amount of the appropriation.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2017, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2017, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.