STAND. COM. REP. NO. 861

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 95

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 95, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of special license plates for recognition and protection of the State's natural resources.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Customer Services of the City and County of Honolulu.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) 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. 95, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 95, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair