STAND. COM. REP. NO.  115

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 479

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 479 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR HIKER SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enable the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department) to create a public awareness campaign on hiker safety and preparedness by appropriating funds to the Department for this purpose.

 

     Two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the source of funding for the appropriation from the general fund to the Natural Area Reserve Fund; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 479, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 479, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair