STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3157

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1903

       H.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Energy and Environment, Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, and Technology and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1903, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OUTDOOR HERITAGE MONTH,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to designate June as "Outdoor Heritage Month" to celebrate Hawaii's natural environment and recreational activities.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of the Mayor of the County of Hawaii, and ten individuals.

     Your Committees find that several existing state and national initiatives celebrating the natural environment and encouraging outdoor recreation are already recognized annually during the month of June.  Establishing the annual recognition of Hawaii's outdoor heritage to coincide with National Trails Day, National Fishing and Boating Week, Take Pride in America, and the annual presidential and gubernatorial proclamations of Great Outdoors Month will facilitate coordinated events celebrating the State's forests, parks, waters, and lands and will also dovetail with federal initiatives celebrating the nation's natural resources.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy and Environment, Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, and Technology and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1903, H.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy and Environment, Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing, and Technology and the Arts,

____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair	____________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair
	____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair