STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1697-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 1891

      S.D. 1

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1891, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to protect Hawaii's public lands by establishing criminal penalties for violations of Chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to management and disposition of public lands.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Windward Ahupua‘a Alliance supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2112, 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1891, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1891, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair