STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1402-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 568
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 3




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 S.B. No.
568, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to protect heiau sites in the State by:

     (1)  Defining "heiau" as pre-christian Hawaiian places of
          worship;

     (2)  Defining and implementing penalties for altering,
          removing, or excavating any heiau on public or private
          lands; and 

     (3)  Requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources
          (DLNR) to establish and support a Burial Sites Program
          (Program) and to implement duties and responsibilities
          relating to burial sites and human skeletal remains.

     Your Committee finds that more discussion needs to take
place on the definition of "heiau" and various laws relating to
the preservation of native Hawaiian burial sites, heiau, and
artifacts.  Furthermore, there is general agreement that the
Program should provide administrative support to the island
burial councils. 


 
 
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     Your Committee circulated a proposed H.D. 3 version of this
bill for purposes of public hearing and discussion.  The proposed
H.D. 3 version deletes the definition of the term "heiau" and the
penalties for altering, removing, or excavating any heiau in the
State.

     DLNR, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Temple of Lono,
and an individual testified in support of this bill.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended the
proposed draft by:

     (1)  Clarifying that DLNR shall give administrative support
          for the "island burial councils" rather than "burial
          councils"; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No.
568, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 568,
S.D. 2, H.D. 3.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair