STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2009-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3330

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3330, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUPUKEA MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and appropriate funds for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish and conduct a three-year Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District Carrying Capacity Pilot Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Reef and Ocean Coalition, Kua‘āina Ulu ‘Auamo, Friends of Hanauma Bay, Mālama Pūpūkea-Waimea, Surfrider Foundation - Hawai‘i Region, Center for Biological Diversity, and eighteen individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2022; 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 S.B. No. 3330, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3330, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair