HI HCR139

Requests the Board of Land and Natural Resources, in consultation with the Legislative Reference Bureau, to develop proposed legislation to protect and restore iliahi (Hawaii's endemic sandalwood).

Requires the Board to consider prior proposed legislation, testimony, and reports when developing its proposed legislation.

Mandates submission of findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation no later than twenty days before the 2016 Regular Session convening.

Directs the Board to explain in its report why the Department failed to respond to previous requests to study sandalwood protection in House Concurrent Resolution No. 147 (2014) and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 93 (2013).

Requires certified copies be transmitted to the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Board of Land and Natural Resources Chair, Division of Forestry and Wildlife Administrator, Board of Agriculture Chair, and Legislative Reference Bureau Director.