STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1091-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2257

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2257, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to expand the candidate pool for membership on a county arborist advisory committee by making certified arborists, horticulturists with a specialization in trees, and persons who have received a Master's Degree in Botany eligible for the position that may currently only by filled by an actively employed landscape architect.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Aha Moku Advisory Committee, Malama O Puna, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2257, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Water & Land.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair