STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1485-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2006

S.D. 3

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 S.B. No. 2006, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROHIBITING SALES OF OPIHI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale of all Hawaiian species of edible opihi.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, a member of the Maui County Council, The Nature Conservancy of Hawai'i, and a concerned individual supported this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported this measure and suggested amendments. A concerned individual supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Adding an exemption for opihi shells at least one and one-fourth inches in diameter, which are used to make curios or jewelry; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

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 S.B. No. 2006, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2006, S.D. 3, H.D. 2.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair