STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1702

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 55
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred
S.C.R. No. 55, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO
     CONDUCT A MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND
     NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to request the
Auditor to conduct a management audit of the Department of Land
and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that the Legislature must exercise its
responsibilities regarding oversight of executive agencies in
pursuit of efficient public administration.  The Auditor is the
Legislature's important "right arm" in conducting an effective
review and appraisal of the performance of public agencies.

     Your Committee also finds that the Department of Land and
Natural Resources, which has a broad scope of responsibility over
public lands and coastal waters, touches the life of nearly every
resident who boats, camps, hunts, swims, hikes, bikes, fishes,
picnics, and otherwise interacts with the natural environment of
Hawaii.  Whether the citizen engages in activity in the mountains
or the sea, there is likely to be some connection with the
responsibilities and functions of the Department of Land and
Natural Resources.

 
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     Your Committee finds that in light of the need to accurately
determine the State's public land inventory, both for purposes of
determining the extent of ceded lands and also to determine
appropriate state revenues, a new follow-up on the Auditor's
prior review of the Department of Land and Natural Resources'
land management programs should be undertaken.  Your Committee
notes that the original management audit was too broad.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 55,
S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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