STAND. COM. REP. NO. 316

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 498
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water and Land Use and Ocean Recreation
and Marine Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 498
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HANALEI
     HERITAGE RIVER OFFICE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the
Department of Land and Natural Resources to help establish the
Hanalei Heritage River Office.  

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this bill
from the Board of Land and Natural Resources, the Sierra Club
Hawaii Chapter, and two private citizens. 

     Your Committees find that the Hanalei River on Kauai is one
of only 14 rivers in the United States to receive the designation
"American Heritage River."  This designation will allow federal
agencies to provide technical and financial assistance for
environmental, cultural and economic programs in the Hanalei
community.  Appropriation of funds for the Hanalei Heritage River
Program and establishment of an office and will allow the program
to manage the numerous grants and provide matches to any federal
funds, that may later become available. 

     Your Committees have requested that the testifiers in
support of this measure provide to your Committee on Finance the
following information:

     1.   The required level of state appropriation to secure the
          designated $100,000 in American Heritage River funds
          from the federal government; 


 
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     2.   Clarification of the Hanalei Heritage River Office; 

     3.   Budgetary details, such as the office or building
          construction, or rent costs, personnel and equipment
          requirements, such as vehicle, boat and office
          equipment; 

     4.   Job descriptions for personnel; 

     5.   Continuing annual operating expenses and the
          requirement, if any, for state matching; and 

     6.   The above data and any other applicable information on
          successfully established AHR programs in other states.  

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Water and Land Use and Ocean Recreation and Marine
Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees are
in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 498 and
recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Water and Land
                                   Use and Ocean Recreation and
                                   Marine Resources,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair               ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair