STAND. COM. REP. NO.  868

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1300

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1300, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Require the University of Hawaii Environmental Center to conduct ongoing studies of the environmental impacts of sewage spills on affected coral reefs and to submit an annual report, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to each regular session; and

(2)  Appropriate funds to conduct the ongoing studies.

Sierra Club of Hawaii and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1300, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair