STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1213

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 580

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 580, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FORFEITURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) with the tools necessary to enforce laws relating to conservation and resources, cave protection, historic preservation, and the Kaho'olawe Island Reserve, by:

 

(1)  Allowing violators of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve law, Chapter 6K, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), or rules adopted pursuant to that chapter to be subject to forfeiture; and

 

(2)  Requiring DLNR to participate in the forfeiture program under Chapter 712A, HRS, and adopt rules under that chapter, and under the Act to protect caves, historic preservation, and the Kahoolawe Island Reserve.

 

     DLNR, the Historic Hawaii Foundation, and the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu supported this bill.


 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2009; and

 

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

 

     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. 580, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 580, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair