STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1027

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1410

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1410, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to distinguish the current state youth conservation corps program from other federal and nationally affiliated Youth Conservation Corps programs by changing statutory references, including the title of part IV of chapter 193, Hawaii Revised Statutes, from "Youth Conservation Corps" to "Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps".

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that currently, chapter 193, part IV, Hawaii Revised Statutes, titled "Youth Conservation Corps", principally applies to the State's youth conservation corps program.  However, several other federal departments and national affiliates also have programs called the Youth Conservation Corps.  This creates confusion, both from a practical and legal perspective.  This measure distinguishes the state program from the other similarly named programs as well as accurately reflects the state program's intention and function.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to upon approval; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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 H.B. No. 1410, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1410, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair