STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1501

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1262

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1262, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is take steps to protect the Waianae Coast's natural resources by:

(1) Placing a moratorium on the issuance of state small boat harbor permits for ocean use activities until the boundaries of an ocean recreational management area from Kalaeloa Point to Kaena Point are determined and rules are adopted; and

(2) Requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to prepare a baseline environmental study to assist in the drafting of ocean recreational management area rules.

Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. Life of the Land supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this bill.

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity 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. 1262, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1262, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair