STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1092-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: S.B. No. 2773
S.D. 2
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. 2773, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ALOHA+ CHALLENGE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Specifically, this measure appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for:
(1) Positions and operating expenses for the Forest and Outdoor Recreation Program;
(2) Operating expenses and watershed protection through the Natural Area Reserves and Watershed Management Program;
(3) Statewide expansion of the Community Fisheries Enforcement Unit of the Conservation and Resources Enforcement Program;
(4) Mitigation of threats and impacts of invasive species statewide under the direction of the Hawaii Invasive Species Council;
(5) Positions and operating expenses for native species restoration through the Native Resources and Fire Protection Program; and
(6) Forest reserve system management including public-private partnerships for reforestation, fire suppression, renewable energy generation, and revenue generation to fund forest conservation through the Forestry Resource Management and Development Program.
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. 2773, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committees on Water & Land and Agriculture.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,
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____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |