STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1344

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 110

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 110, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use in-lieu fee mitigation to restore, create, enhance, or preserve aquatic habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Conservation Council for Hawaii, The Nature Conservancy, and one individual testified in support of this measure.  The Tax Foundation of Hawaii commented on this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to December 24, 2088, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 110, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 110, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land,

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ KANIELA ING, Chair