STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1225-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 1315

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1315, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) with the flexibility to take advantage of private funding sources that would enable the State to better manage Hawaii's natural resources.  This bill establishes the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Special Fund to receive and expend these funds.

     DLNR, Hawaii Government Employees' Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, The Nature Conservancy, and Hawaii Audubon Society testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Boaters Political Action Association opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the appropriated amount; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     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 S.B. No. 1315, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1315, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair