STAND. COM. REP. NO.  203

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 377

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. 377 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure state lands are used to promote the preservation and development of Hawaiian fishponds by requiring the Board of Land and Natural Resources to:

(1)  Give preference for leases to state lands suitable for Hawaiian fishponds to those developing Hawaiian fishponds pursuant to Chapter 183B, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS); and

(2)  Adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 91, HRS, to effectuate the preferential assignment of leases to developers of Hawaiian fishponds. 

     The Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

     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. 377 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair