STAND. COM. REP. NO. 622-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2782
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2782 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BURIAL SITES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of
Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to:

     (1)  Execute a mitigation plan for a landowner, permittee,
          or developer, upon his or her request, for the
          inadvertent discovery of burial sites; and

     (2)  Charge a fee for execution of the mitigation plan.

     DLNR testified in support of the measure.  The Office of
Hawaiian Affairs testified in support of the intent of the
measure.  The Environmental Center of the University of Hawaii at
Manoa submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2782 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair