STAND. COM. REP. NO.  858

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2021

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1030

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1030, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AQUATIC LIFE AND WILDLIFE ADVISORY COMMITTEES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Repeal the Aquatic Life and Wildlife Advisory Committees under section 197-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     (2)  Make conforming amendments to sections 197-1 and 197-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Land and Natural Resources, after thorough review and scrutiny, has determined that the Aquatic Life and Wildlife Advisory Committees have rarely convened or been needed, and as such, are outdated and that the Department remains able to administratively convene a similar advisory committee if it deems it to be necessary.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1030, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1030, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair