STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1276

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1330

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1330, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate an unspecified amount for the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from one individual.

     Your Committee finds that this measure enables the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement to continue its services and supports the protection of Hawaii's natural resources.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on the measure.

     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. 1330, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1330, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair