STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1041-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2451

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2451, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHAPTER 183, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Change the general administrative penalties for timber trespass in forest reserves to a fine of not more than the current market value of the Koa tree or other tree or plant destroyed or harvested;

 

     (2)  Clarify that a person who violates the provisions of or rules related to the State's forest reserve laws is subject to imprisonment and escalating minimum fines and also clarify that a trespass in forest reserve violation is punishable as a misdemeanor; and

 

     (3)  Repeal the general penalty provisions related to the State's laws governing forest reserves, water development, and zoning; Hawaiian fishponds; conservation districts; wildlife; state parks and recreation areas; and land fire protection law.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided testimony in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2451, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2451, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair