STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1129-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 895
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 895, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIMU MANAGEMENT AREA,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect Hawaii's marine environment, while preserving a sustainable supply of limu by:
(1) Establishing a limu management area along the shoreline of Ewa Beach, Oahu; and
(2) Creating an advisory group to assist the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) in determining best management practices for conservation and restoration of the limu management area.
The Director of the Marine Option Program at the University of Hawaii and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. DLNR did not support this measure because it is already working on rules to establish a limu management area, with input from the community. One concerned individual offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to December 31, 2007; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 895, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 895, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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