STAND. COM. REP. NO. 513

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 99

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. 99 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 funds to establish two permanent full-time equivalent fisheries technician IV positions and for operating expenses for the Nuuanu Reservoir recreational fishing program at Nuuanu reservoir number four.

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

Your Committee finds that the Department of Land and Natural Resources operated a highly-successful recreational fishing program at the Nuuanu Reservoir for a number of years. Your Committee supports efforts to reestablish the fishing program.

Your Committee notes that the Nuuanu Reservoir is under the jurisdiction of the City and County of Honolulu's Board of Water Supply, and therefore encourages an agreement be made between the Board of Water Supply and the Department of Land and Natural Resources to allow the Department to stock and run a public fishing program at Nuuanu Reservoir.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting blank appropriation and allocation amounts; and

(2) Inserting an effective date of December 31, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

Your Committee notes that although the appropriation amount is blank, your Committee requests that your Committee on Ways and Means consider an appropriation of $98,280 for the fisheries technician IV positions and for operating expense.

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. 99, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 99, 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