STAND. COM. REP. NO.  916-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3175

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 3175 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL MARINE FISHING REPORTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to conform state law to federal law by changing the title of the Hawaii Revised Statutes section relating to reporting requirements for commercial marine fishing catches.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and a concerned individual supported this bill.  A concerned individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3175, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3175, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair