STAND. COM. REP. NO. 942

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1027

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1027, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Marine Life Conservation District Special Fund for the collection and use of monies for the management, protection, restoration, and enhancement of the State's marine life conservation districts and the resources contained within; and

(2) Authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collect fees for the use of marine life conservation districts and the resources contained within, subject to certain conditions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Parks and Recreation of the City and County of Honolulu, Friends of Hanauma Bay, Hawaii Reef and Ocean Coalition, and Ocean Tourism Coalition.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Including a five-year sunset for the Marine Life Conservation District Special Fund; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1027, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1027, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair