STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1180

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1082

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:  establish a conservation and resources enforcement special fund, to be administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, to provide funding for the protection of the State's natural, cultural, and historic resources; and appropriate funds for this purpose.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from William J. Aila, Jr., Chairperson, Department of Land and Natural Resources; and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that there are many costs associated with protecting the State's natural, cultural, and historic resources, including but not limited to training, research, equipment, data collection and development, and hiring consultants or other contractors.  This measure will permit the Department of Land and Natural Resources to receive supplemental funding to protect and conserve state resources from a wider variety of revenues, including grants and gifts from public and private sources, and various fees and penalties.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2117, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

     (2)  Making technical amendments to eliminate redundant language for purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1082, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair