STAND. COM. REP. NO.  943-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2543

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2543 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A SHOOTING RANGE IN WEST HAWAII ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase opportunities for safe recreational shooting by appropriating funds to plan, design, and construct a shooting range in West Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.

 

     The County of Hawaii, Hawaii County Council, Hawaii Rifle Association, Hawaii Island Public Shooting Range Working Group, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources 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. 2543 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair