STAND. COM. REP. NO. 833-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2478

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2478, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PACIFIC MARINE FISHERIES COMPACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize the Governor to execute a compact on behalf of the State to cooperate in the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission; and

(2) Establish procedures for selection and succession of commissioners representing Hawaii.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Fishermen's Alliance for Conservation and Tradition. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

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. 2478, 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