STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1230-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   S.B. No. 6

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 6 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OPIHI,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale of all Hawaiian species of edible opihi, with an exception for opihi shells of a certain size used to make curios and jewelry.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter testified in support of this bill.  Tanioka's Seafoods and Catering, Yama's Fish Market, Inc., Boyd's Fish Market, Tamashiro Market, Inc., and numerous concerned individuals opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Inserting a sunset date of 15 years; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 6, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 6, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair