STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1007-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2391

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2391, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address recreational land management problems on the island of Oahu by establishing a two-year pilot project within the Department of Land and Natural Resources to identify and implement strategies for the resolution of user conflicts on public recreational lands.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources and an individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring that the Department of Land and Natural Resources, rather than the working group, will choose the recreation area to be designated as the focus of the pilot project; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 2391, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2391, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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CINDY EVANS, Chair