STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2099

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 3049
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred S.B. No. 3049 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that certain historic
and burial sites are protected by keeping the location of these
sites confidential.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Office of
Hawaiian Affairs.  The University of Hawaii's Environmental
Center provided comments on the measure.

     Your Committee finds that the measure amends section
6E-43.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow the Department of Land
and Natural Resources to keep the records, description, and
location of a historic site, including burial sites, confidential
if the site is deemed sensitive by an island burial council or
the Hawaii Historic Places Review Board.

     Your Committee believes that the bill will provide for the
protection and preservation of these culturally significant
sites.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and

 
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purpose of S.B. No. 3049 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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