STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1179

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1097
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
S.B. No. 1097, S.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TIMBER MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve management of forest
resources by providing for deposit into the forest stewardship
fund of revenue from harvest of non-native forest products and
sale of tree seedlings from state nurseries, and allow use of the
fund for forest management purposes and development of
educational and training programs. 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill
from the Board of Agriculture, Board of Land and Natural
Resources, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Forest
Industry Association, Hawaii Society of American Foresters,
C.A.M. Resource Management, Big Island Farm Bureau and Sierra
Club Hawaii Chapter.  

     Your Committee finds that forestry is one of the fastest
growing segments of diversified agriculture.  In addition, many
of our native plants are displaced by non-native species and some
forest areas are cluttered by dead native trees blown down by
storms.  Harvest of these products will not only help to
alleviate the burdens on the understaffed forest reserve
management personnel, but will expand the sources of income for
the forest stewardship program and give it greater self-
sufficiency.  

     Your Committee revised the bill by:  


 
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     1.   Providing for deposit into the forest stewardship
          special fund of the proceeds from the harvest of native
          forest products from forest reserves, if found dead and
          lying on the ground; and 

     2.   Making technical, non-substantive changes for the
          purposes of style and clarity.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 1097, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1097, S.D.
2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   Romy M. Cachola, Chair