STAND. COM. REP. NO.  536

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2021

 

RE:   H.B. No. 95

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 95 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR NATURAL RESOURCES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of special license plates for recognition and protection of the State's natural resources.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Fishermen's Alliance for Conservation and Tradition, and thirteen individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that special license plates allow for individuals to directly support certain programs through revenue generated fundraising fees.  Your Committee urges the Department of Land and Natural Resources to work with local artists in the designing of the special license plates authorized by this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 95, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 95, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair