STAND. COM. REP. NO.  834-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3262

      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. 3262, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HONOLUA BAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect and preserve the valuable natural resources of Honolua Bay on the island of Maui by creating a temporary Honolua Bay Advisory Committee to develop a Honolua Bay management plan.

     The Hawaii Democratic Party State Central Committee, Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., Ocean Tourism Coalition, and Honolua Advisory Council testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this measure.  The State Procurement Office and Save Honolua Coalition provided comments.

     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. 3262, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair