STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1953

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: S.B. No. 439

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 439, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Board of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules to impose seasonal user fees that apply solely to nonresidents visiting state parks and trails.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiʻi Reef and Ocean Coalition; Kohala Coast Resort Association; Care for ʻĀina Now Coalition; Resources Legacy Fund; Coalition Earth; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Tax Foundation of Hawaii; and Maui Chamber of Commerce.

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. 439, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair