CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
NO.______57

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 1999

                            RE:   H.B. No. 1181
                                  H.D. 1
                                  S.D. 2
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate
in H.B. No. 1181, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to:  

     (1) Consolidate and standardize various penalty provisions;

     (2) Establish minimum fines; and 

     (3) Establish graduated penalties within chapters 187A, 188,
         189, and 190, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).

     After careful consideration, your Committee on Conference
has amended this bill by:

 
 
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     (1) Deleting the reference to imprisonment for an officer of
         a corporation;

     (2) Correcting the description of section 188-23, HRS to
         accurately reflect the section heading; and

     (3) Making nonsubstantive, technical changes to conform to
         drafting style.

     Your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent
and purpose of H.B. No. 1181, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached
hereto as H.B. No. 1181, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted,

MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE        MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE
           SENATE                              HOUSE
                                   
                                   
                                   
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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Co-Chair       ROY M. TAKUMI, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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AVERY CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair           ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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MATT M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair        BRIAN SCHATZ, Co-Chair
                                   
                                   
                                   
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JAN YAGI BUEN, Member              NESTOR R. GARCIA, Member
                                   
                                   
                                   
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SAM SLOM, Member                   BARBARA MARUMOTO, Member