STAND. COM. REP. NO. 155
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 957
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 957 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FOREST STEWARDSHIP,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Clarifying that assistance is available to landowners and long-term leaseholders of all privately managed forest land;
(2) Increasing the reimbursement rate for costs incurred in developing a forest stewardship management plan; and
(3) Clarifying requirements for entering into a program implementation agreement with the Board of Land and Natural Resources.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 957 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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