STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1262

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 178
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs and
Economic Development, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 178
entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING DEVELOPMENT OF A
     STATE OCEAN AND COASTAL RESOURCES PLAN AND STATE WATERS
     RECREATION MASTER PLAN,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to direct the Department of
Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) to develop a
State Ocean and Coastal Resources Plan.

     The measure also calls for DBEDT to work in conjunction with
the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization, the
Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), and the
Departments of Health, Transportation, and Agriculture.  The plan
will be developed as a long-term plan to manage and maintain
coastal resources and will include a State Waters Recreation
Master Plan.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
University of Hawaii and an individual.  Testimony in opposition
to this measure was received from DBEDT, DLNR, and Hawaii's
Thousand Friends.

     Your Committees find that the State's ocean and coastal
resources are of inestimable value to the cultural and economic
vitality of the citizens of Hawaii.  Your Committees also find

 
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that strategic planning relating to managing these resources must
be supported.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs and Economic
Development that are attached to this report, your Committees
concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 178, and
recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs and Economic
                                   Development,



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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair          COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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