STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 237
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2019
RE: H.B. No. 589
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2019
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 589 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND,"
beg leave to report as follows:
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting language creating a private right of action to enforce the Department's compliance with statutory duties;
(2) Changing the date the Auditor's report shall be submitted to the Legislature upon a finding of noncompliance by the Department to no less than twenty days prior to the regular session of 2021;
(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 589, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 589, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Energy & Environmental Protection,
____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair |
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |