STAND. COM. REP. NO.  273

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 941

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 941 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NATURAL AREA RESERVES SYSTEM COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the composition of the Natural Area Reserves System Commission by:

     (1)  Adding a new member possessing a background in Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices; and

     (2)  Removing the Superintendent of Education from the Commission.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 941 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair