STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1125

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1311

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1311, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the University of Hawaii (UH) to more effectively study and protect the natural resources of the Hawaii Marine Laboratory Refuge (Refuge) by:

 

     (1)  Permitting UH to use staff in addition to the land, buildings, apparatus, and appliances of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) for the biological laboratory; and

 

     (2)  Exempting UH from any law that requires a permit or application to carry out repair and maintenance of the Refuge.

 

     UH supported this bill.  KAHEA opposed this measure.  DLNR offered comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1311, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair