STAND. COM. REP. NO.  794

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 393

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

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. 393, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN FISHPONDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to streamline the permitting process for the restoration, repair, maintenance, and operation of traditional Hawaiian fishponds by waiving the Department of Health water certification permitting requirements for those projects that have been vetted through the statewide general programmatic permit process.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; Hui o Kuapa; Honua Consulting; and many concerned individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Health provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to allow for further discussion; 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. 393, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 393, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair