STAND. COM. REP. NO.  576-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2038

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water & Land and Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2038, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ALOHA+ CHALLENGE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide funding for the natural resource management, clean energy, and green workforce goals of the Aloha+ Challenge.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Invasive Species Council, a Maui County council member, City and County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Conservation Council for Hawaii, Hawaii Green Growth, Kauai Watershed Alliance, Kauai Invasive Species Committee, The Nature Conservancy, Asia-Pacific Center for Regenerative Design, Oahu Invasive Species Committee, Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  Fishing Tales with Mike Sakamoto, Big Island Fisheries Association, Hunting Farming Fishing Association, Hawaii Hunting Association, and many individuals provided testimony in opposition.  An individual provided comments.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting Part IV of the measure, which sought to permanently establish the community fisheries enforcement unit approach throughout the State; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water & Land and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2038, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2038, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water & Land and Agriculture,

____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair