STAND. COM. REP. NO. 371-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2613

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2613 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HE‘EIA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for fiscal year 2018-2019 to maintain the initial staff positions that are necessary to develop and manage the He‘eia National Estuarine Research Reserve and its programs.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources Aha Moku Advisory Committee, Hawaii Community Development Authority, Hawaii Civic Club of Honolulu, University of Hawaii System, Kamehameha Schools, Kokua Foundation, Ko‘olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Ko‘olau Foundation provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to December 24, 2088; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2613, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2613, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

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KANIELA ING, Chair