STAND. COM. REP. NO. 663-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1983

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1983 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds from a special fund for the hiring of eight enforcement officer positions, two in each county, within the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Pulama Lanai, Cuddle Party, Kokua Hawaii Foundation, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and one concerned individual supported this measure.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 28, 2045, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1983, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1983, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land,

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair