STAND. COM. REP. NO. 16

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 86

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 86 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MAKUA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Makua Valley Reserve Commission to oversee preservation and restoration activities in Makua Valley on Oahu.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by two organizations and one public citizen.  Two organizations supported the intent of this measure.  Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by two state agencies, one organization, and three public citizens.

     The intent of this measure is to establish the stakeholders in the Makua Valley preservation and restoration efforts, and provide the community with a coequal position from which to advocate.

     Your Committee amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 86, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 86, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair