STAND. COM. REP. NO.  893-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2881

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2881, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GREENWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to implement the Office of Planning's recommendations by authorizing and appropriating funds for the development of a statewide system of greenways and trails in two phases.

An individual supported this measure.  The Office of Planning of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the amount of funds appropriated from the general revenues;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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. 2881, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2881, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair