STAND. COM. REP. NO.  550

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1028

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1028 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WALKING TRAILS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the accessibility of Hawaii's walking trails, specifically the Pi'ilani trail, which is an important part of Hawaii's natural resources and cultural heritage, by appropriating an unspecified sum for the fiscal biennium 2007-2009 to reestablish and make trail improvements, including the planting of native Hawaiian plants, to the Pi'ilani Trail from Makena to Kapalua on the island of Maui. 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1028 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

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KEN ITO, Chair