STAND. COM. REP. NO.  748-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2622

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2622, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MARINE RESOURCES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Coral Reef and Marine Life Conservation Special Fund within the Department of Land and Natural Resources to collect moneys to be used for the conservation, supplementation, and enhancement of the State's coral reefs and other marine resources.

 

     The Ocean Tourism Coalition supported this measure.  The Big Island Fisheries Alliance and several individuals opposed this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Office of Hawaiian Affairs commented on this measure.

 

     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. 2622, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair