STAND. COM. REP. NO.  931-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2875

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. 2875 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY COMMITTEE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the inclusion of a member with a background in native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices on the Endangered Species Recovery Committee of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources and one individual submitted testimony 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 S.B. No. 2875 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