STAND. COM. REP. NO.  63

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1847

      H.D. 1

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. 1847 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the enforcement efforts of the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) by:

(1)  Requiring the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and DLNR to enter into a memorandum of agreement for law enforcement personnel of DPS to assist DOCARE in its enforcement efforts according to law; and

(2)  Appropriating funds to enable DOCARE to implement the recommendations made in the Office of the Auditor's report 06-01.

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  DLNR opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct certain typographic, technical, and stylistic errors.  

     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. 1847, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1847, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair