STAND. COM. REP. NO. 810

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1127

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1127, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide the Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) with additional powers to enforce final orders.

     Specifically, this measure:

(1)  Authorizes the Board to suspend, revoke, or deny a license or permit issued under the authority of the Board or department for a person that fails to comply with a final order of the Board;

(2)  Requires the Board to direct county motor vehicle authorities to deny the motor vehicle registration of any vehicle owner who fails to pay a fine pursuant to a final decision and order by the Board; and

(3)  Requires the counties to deny a motor vehicle registration pursuant to notification from the Board.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy, and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that the denial of an application for, or suspension or revocation of, a license or permit is a justifiable action that may be taken by the Board to compel compliance with enforcement actions for violations of natural and cultural resource laws.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by correcting an error in the quoted statutory text.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1127, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1127, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair