STAND. COM. REP. NO. 100-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2498

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2498 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERIM RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to adopt interim rules on an emergency basis to protect native species threatened with imminent total destruction or extinction.

Section 195D-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, currently authorizes DLNR to classify any indigenous species of aquatic life, wildlife, or land plant as threatened or endangered if the federal government has designated those species as threatened or endangered. This bill will enable DLNR to act quickly to protect indigenous endangered species with imminent extirpation or extinction.

DLNR supported this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2498 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair