STAND. COM. REP. NO.  90-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1311

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 1311, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the University of Hawaii (UH) to more effectively study and protect the natural resources of the Hawaii Marine Laboratory Refuge (Refuge) by:

 

     (1)  Permitting UH to use staff in addition to the land, buildings, apparatus, and appliances of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) for the biological laboratory; and

 

     (2)  Exempting UH from any law that requires a permit or application to carry out repair and maintenance of the Refuge.

 

     UH at Manoa testified in support of this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.  DLNR offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2010.
     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. 1311, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1311, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair