STAND. COM. REP. NO. 570-08
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2008
RE: H.B. No. 3286
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fourth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2008
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs and Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 3286 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MINING,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Permit the mining of sand, rock, gravel, and other materials suitable for use in construction on lands classified as agricultural by persons engaged in mining; and
(2) Give the Land Use Commission exclusive jurisdiction over these mining activities.
The Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3286 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs and Agriculture,
____________________________ CLIFT TSUJI, Chair |
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____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair |
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