STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1133

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 952

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 952, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to address the impacts of climate change in the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program, Climate Resilience Collaborative, The Nature Conservancy, Kauai Climate Action Coalition, Energy and Climate Action Committee of the Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Community Advocacy Research Education Services, and four individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

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. 952, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair