STAND. COM. REP. NO. 740

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 589

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 589, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to implement certain recommendations made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 19-01; and

(2) Require the Auditor to monitor the progress and to commence a full financial and management audit of the Department if the Auditor finds that the Department is not in compliance.

The Office of the Auditor and O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i testified in support of this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by removing the requirement that the Auditor monitor the progress and commence a full financial and management audit of the Department if the Auditor finds that the Department is not in compliance.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 589, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 589, H.D. 2.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair