STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3075

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2061

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2061, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to promote outdoor education and recreation programs for children in the State.

Specifically, this measure establishes the:

(1) No Child Left Inside Grant Program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and

(2) No Child Left Inside Grant Program Special Fund.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that outdoor education and recreation programs enhance the physical and academic well-being of children. Your Committee further finds that, through the awarding of available grant moneys, the No Child Left Inside Grant Program will offer support to various entities that provide outdoor education and recreation opportunities to children in the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that moneys from the No Child Left Inside Grant Program Special Fund shall also be used for the purposes of awarding contracts;

(2) Adding an unspecified appropriation of general revenue funds for deposit into the No Child Left Inside Grant Program Special Fund;

(3) Adding an unspecified appropriation from the No Child Left Inside Grant Program Special Fund to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to administer and award grants and contracts pursuant to the No Child Left Inside Grant Program;

(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2061, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2061, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair