STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 499
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: H.B. No. 328
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 328 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION MITIGATION BANKS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee finds that conservation mitigation banks would serve as a mechanism to restore or replace natural resources and ecological functions of habitats either prospectively or after they have been damaged.
Your Committee notes that the Department of Land and Natural Resources suggested amending this measure to refer to "conservation banks" so as not to be confused with aquatic "mitigation banks" under sections 187A-41 and 187A-42, Hawaii Revised Statutes. However, given the title of the measure is "Relating to Conservation Mitigation Banks", your Committee retained the program name as originally drafted.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Modifying the purpose, structure, and operations of the conservation mitigation banks;
(2) Changing its effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage 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 Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 328, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 328, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,
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____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair |
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