STAND. COM. REP. NO. 222

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 922

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 922 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate or authorize funds or amend means of financing for various capital improvement projects of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Waikīkī Beach Special Improvement District Association and The Nature Conservancy.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure expresses adjustments to the projects funded, maximum sums appropriated or authorized, or means of financing indicated for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to be included in the General Appropriations Act of 2019.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     Your Committee's intent in recommending this measure for passage is for the adjustments expressed to be added to the Department's base budget and incorporated into the General Appropriations Act of 2019 or other appropriate legislative vehicle or to be adopted separately.  As such, your Committee requests your Committee on Ways and Means to incorporate the adjustments expressed by this measure into the appropriate legislative vehicle or amend this measure to include any provisions necessary to effectuate its purpose and intent.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 922, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 922, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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KAIALI'I KAHELE, Chair