STAND. COM. REP. NO.  391-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2881

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2881 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GREENWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to implement the Office of Planning's recommendations by authorizing and appropriating funds for the development of a statewide system of greenways and trails in two phases.

The Outdoor Circle, PBR Hawaii & Associates, Inc., and four individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Planning of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism testified in support of the intent of this measure.  Windward Ahapuaa Alliance testified in support of this measure with amendments.

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

     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. 2881, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2881, H.D. 1, 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