STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1023

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1461

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 1461, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to conduct a pilot project for the Kaiaka Bay, Oahu, watershed assessment and action plan, as a model for statewide use.

The Department of Health supported the intent of this measure and expressed reservations.

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, style, and conformity.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1461, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1461, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair