STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2058

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2626

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2626 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife Maui Branch to purchase new vehicles.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, one member of the Maui County Council, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the Department of Land and Natural Resources possesses an aging fleet of vehicles necessary for the navigation of difficult terrain, especially in areas across West Maui. The vehicle fleet is essential for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to perform its duties and responsibilities safely and efficiently in areas with difficult terrain. This measure will appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to purchase new vehicles to effectively carry out duties and responsibilities in Maui.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Appropriating funds for the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of State Parks, Maui Parks Section, rather than the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Maui Branch, to purchase new vehicles; and

(2) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2626, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2626, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair