STAND. COM. REP. NO.  846

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 440

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 440 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for projects related to watershed management plans; equipment for fire, natural disaster, and emergency response; and forest and outdoor recreation improvements.

 

     The State Fire Council, Honolulu Fire Department, Maui Fire Department, Hawaii County Fire Department, Land Use Research Foundation, Conservation Council For Hawaii, Oahu Invasive Species Committee, Hawaii Green Growth, The Nature Conservancy, Kauai Watershed Alliance, West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership, Ben Dyre Family Limited Partnership, and numerous individuals supported this measure.  The Hawaii Hunting Association and many individuals opposed this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Society for Hawaii Heritage Animals, and an individual commented on the measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the amounts appropriated to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to unspecified amounts; and

 

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

 

     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. 440, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 440, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair