STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1004

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 412

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 S.B. No. 412 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to designate June 8 of each year as World Ocean Day, replacing and expanding the current "Ocean Day."

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Hawaii Arts Alliance, Kai Makana, the Hawaii Audubon Society, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.

     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 S.B. No. 412 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair