STAND. COM. REP. NO.  508

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 378

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 378, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LANDSCAPING OF PUBLIC FACILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to give preference, wherever and whenever feasible, to native Hawaiian plants in landscaping certain public buildings, facilities, or housing.

 

     The Department of Accounting and General Services, Landscape Industry Council of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Sierra Club of Hawaii supported this bill with amendments.  The Outdoor Circle and a concerned individual opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Removing provisions that would have given preference to native Hawaiian plants only wherever and whenever feasible; 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 Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 378, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 378, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair