STAND. COM. REP. NO. 221
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 629
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 629 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT,"
beg leave to report as follows:
(1) Allows the Monument Program to issue permits consistent with applicable state laws and Presidential Proclamation 8031, which established the Monument;
(2) Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to charge fees that are proportional to the nature and complexity of the projects or services to be performed by the Monument Program; and
(3) Establishes penalty provisions applicable to Monument Program violations.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 629 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land,
____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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____________________________ KANIELA ING, Chair |
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