STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1587-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2575

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2575, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF THE WAIANAE COAST OCEAN AREA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to help preserve the traditional way of life along the Waianae Coast by appropriating funds to enable the completion of a baseline environmental study of the Waianae Coast ocean area.

The Waianae Coast Neighborhood Board No. 24 and concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in opposition to this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2575, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2575, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair