REPORT TITLE:
Land Purchase Appropriation


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates general revenues to purchase property at Punalu`u
Beach in Ka`u to establish a state park to protect turtle nesting
grounds and the area's ecosystem.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2167
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PURCHASE PROPERTY AT PUNALU`U BEACH IN
   KA`U IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO ESTABLISH A STATE PARK. 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
 2 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $       , or so much
 
 3 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001, to
 
 4 purchase former Bishop Estate lands (TMK          ) at Punalu`u
 
 5 Beach in Ka`u in Hawaii county.  The acquired land shall be used
 
 6 to establish a state park to protect the endangered hawksbill
 
 7 turtle nesting grounds and the fragile ecosystem of the area.
 
 8      SECTION 2.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 9 department of land and natural resources to establish a state
 
10 park for the purposes of this Act.
 
11      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
 
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