STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1354

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.C.R. No. 5

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 5 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR, THE LEGISLATURE, AND HAWAII BUSINESS LEADERS TO DISCUSS WITH HAWAII'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANDING AND ENHANCING HAWAII'S FREE TRADE ZONE PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request that the Governor, Legislature, and Hawaii business leaders discuss with Hawaii's congressional delegation the possibilities and advantages of expanding and enhancing Hawaii's Free Trade Zone Program.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this measure. The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii supported using this measure as a vehicle to encourage the creation of a South Kona-Ka'u Coastal Conservation Partnership (Partnership).

Your Committees agree with the recommendations made by the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii and therefore have amended this concurrent resolution by deleting its contents and replacing it with language that requests the Office of Planning to establish the Partnership.

As amended, this concurrent resolution requests that the Partnership:

(1) Identify areas to be targeted for protection;

(2) Identify mechanisms and funding sources to protect and manage the selected areas;

(3) Propose future uses for the areas that are in keeping with the goals of protecting and preserving the areas; and

(4) Propose methods of protecting the area wildlife.

This concurrent resolution has also been amended by changing the title to:

"REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING TO ESTABLISH A SOUTH KONA-KA'U COASTAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP."

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Tourism & Culture that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 5, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 5, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development & Business Concerns and Tourism & Culture,

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair