STAND. COM. REP. NO. 751-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1982

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1982, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE FISH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to permanently establish the humuhumunukunukuapua'a (rhinecanthus rectangulus), also known as the rectangular triggerfish, as the official fish of the state.

The Attorney General and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to be effective upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1982, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1982, H.D. 2.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair