STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1244-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2438

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2438, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SHARK MONITORING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect the health and safety of the public by appropriating funds to the Division of Aquatic Resources of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to conduct a study on shark migratory activity along the Leeward coast of Oahu by tagging sharks and monitoring their movements.

A concerned individual testified in support of this bill. DLNR supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the amount of funds appropriated to DLNR from $25,000 to $1;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2438, 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. 2438, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair