STAND. COM. REP. NO. 208

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 33
                                        




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Labor and Environment and Transportation
and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 33
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION LICENSE PLATES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to create a long-term
supplemental funding source for endangered species recovery and
youth conservation programs through the voluntary sale of
conservation license plates.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Sierra Club.

     Your Committees find that, in order to ensure the long-term
survival of Hawaii's rare plants and animals, the State must not
only increase its recovery efforts, it must also educate and
involve a new generation of resource managers, Hawaii's youth, to
become aware and participate in natural resource management
efforts.  During the current downturn in Hawaii's economy,
government must find ways to fund programs such as endangered
species recovery and youth conservation programs that do not
impact the general funds of the State.  Your Committees support
this measure which provides an alternative funding source for
these programs through the voluntary sale of conservation license
plates.


 
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     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Labor and Environment and Transportation and
Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 33 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Labor and
                                   Environment and Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair                BOB NAKATA, Chair

 
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