STAND. COM. REP. NO. 638

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 30
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 30, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of
Land and Natural Resources to issue an endangered species
ornamental stamp.

     Your Committee finds that issuing an endangered species
ornamental stamp holds much educational value for the community,
which may otherwise remain uninformed on matters pertaining to
endangered wildlife in the State.

     To avoid any potential confusion, your Committee finds that
this bill is not intended to require development of postage
stamps that would require the approval of the United States
Postal Service.  Rather, this bill is intended to provide for the
development of decorative and educational items.  Your Committee
has therefore amended this measure by clarifying that the stamp
is purely ornamental and will not serve as a postage stamp.  Your
Committee has also made technical nonsubstantive amendments for
the purposes of clarity and style.


 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
30, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 30, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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