STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1158

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

               

 

RE:     S.B. No. 934

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 934 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit any waste or disposal facility from being located in a conservation district.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Environmental Services of the City and County of Honolulu, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the State's conservation districts are intended to conserve, protect, and preserve naturally and culturally significant lands, and the uses of lands in those districts must be subject to careful scrutiny.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 934, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 934, S.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair