STAND. COM. REP. NO.  165

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 586

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 586 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KANEOHE BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the Kaneohe Bay Regional Council (Council), while continuing the plans, programs, and other policies adopted by the Council through the Department of Land and Natural Resources. 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported this bill.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Audubon Society, and Ko‘olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club opposed this measure. 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date from June 30, 2011, to January 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 Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 586, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 586, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair