Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2357 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the State's wildlife conservation law.

Specifically, this bill removes the sunset date on the use of new safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, and incidental take licenses as recovery options for conserving and protecting the State's endangered species.

The Department of Transportation, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Hawaii Forest Industry Association, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, and the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center submitted testimony in support of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2357 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.