STAND. COM. REP. 670

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1053

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1053 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize incidental "taking" of endangered and threatened species at the future permanent site of the University of Hawaii-West Oahu and at Kapolei Parkway by expanding the list of entities eligible to participate in safe harbor agreements and habitat conservation plans.

UHWO, Land Use Research Foundation, Hawaii Leeward Planning Conference, and the Estate of James Campbell testified in support of this measure. The Departments of Transportation and Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this measure. The Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, and Hawaii Audubon Society opposed this measure. The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii offered comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1053 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair