STAND. COM. REP. NO.  867-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2793

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2793 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to add four members to the Board of Land and Natural Resources who shall be considered in determining quorum and majority only on issues relating to ocean resources and who may only vote on issues relating to ocean resources.

 

     Fishing Tales with Mike Sakamoto and the Mike Sakamoto Memorial Scholarship, Hawaii Nearshore Fishermen, Alii Holo Kai, and several individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion.

 

     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. 2793, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2793, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair