STAND. COM. REP. NO.  205

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1082

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 1082 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Special Fund to be administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to be used for conservation and enforcement related to the management, protection, and preservation of certain public lands.

     DLNR, the Hanalei Watershed Hui, the Hawaii Community Stewardship Network, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Malama Pupukea-Waimea, and a concerned individual testified in support of 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 H.B. No. 1082 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair