STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2611

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2487

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2487, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to specify permissible activities of groups leasing campsites on state parks or public lands.

     Specifically, this measure specifies that fishing, ocean and marine conservation, and forestry are among the activities allowed.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that the youth of the State will benefit by clarifying the permitted uses for which public camp grounds may be leased.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by amending the effective date to July 1, 2050.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2487, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2487, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair