STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3384

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2572
                                        H.D. 1
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2572, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KANEOHE BAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the Kaneohe Bay
regional council law (chapter 200D, Hawaii Revised Statutes)
upon, and allow commercial permits for ocean use activities
until, the adoption of applicable rules on managing the bay.

     The bill provides that the departmental rules shall comply
with that portion of the Kaneohe Bay master plan that has already
been adopted, and may consider the rest.  Your Committee finds
that Kaneohe Bay is a valuable natural resource and needs to be
managed by the State in a responsible manner.  Departmental rules
are needed to fully effectuate the State's oversight
responsibilities.  

     Your Committee has amended the bill by requiring that the
Department, in adopting the rules, shall consider the criteria
and general management principles of the Kaneohe Bay master plan.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.

 
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2572, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2572,
H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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