STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1984

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.C.R. No. 104
                                     S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and
Water and Land Use, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 104, S.D. 1,
entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT OF
     THE UNITED STATES TO ESTABLISH THE STATE OF HAWAII AS A
     GLOBAL LABORATORY FOR RESEARCH ON THREATENED, ENDANGERED,
     AND EXTINCT SPECIES ISSUES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the
President of the United States to establish the State of Hawaii
as a global laboratory for research on threatened, endangered,
and extinct species issues.

     It is your Committees' understanding that the Department of
Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is currently working with a
consortium of federal, state, and private agencies to develop a
multi-agency federal initiative to safeguard Hawaii's unique
species through public-private partnerships.  This measure
facilitates efforts to protect and maintain Hawaii's threatened,
endangered, and extinct species.

     DLNR testified in support of this measure.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and Water and
Land Use that are attached to this report, your Committees concur
with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 104, S.D. 1, and
recommend its adoption.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Energy and
                                   Environmental Protection and
                                   Water and Land Use,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair             HERMINA M. MORITA, Chair