STAND. COM. REP. NO.  3

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 Water & Land, 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 adding a member possessing a background in native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices and removing the Superintendent of Education as a member.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the administration of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land 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 Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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CINDY EVANS, Chair