STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1793

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 953
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
953, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATURAL AND CULTURAL
     RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the protection of
natural and cultural resources by establishing a Stewardship and
Partnering Program.

     The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Na Leo Pohai, the
Hawaii Audubon Society, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, the Hawaii
Green Party, the University of Hawaii Environmental Center, and
three individuals testified in support of the bill.  The
Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Nature Conservatory
of Hawaii, and the Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club testified in
support of the intent of the bill.  The Department of Health
commented on the bill.

     Your Committee has made technical, nonsubstantive amendments
to the bill for style and clarity.

     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.
953, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 953,
S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair