STAND. COM. REP. NO.498-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2249
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2249 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NORTH KOHALA,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect and provide public access to the Kohala Historical Sites Monument (Monument) in North Kona, Hawaii, by:
(1) Directing the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to use its eminent domain powers to purchase specific parcels of land adjacent to the Monument;
(2) Appropriating an unspecified amount for this acquisition; and
(3) Authorizing the Mookini Luakini Corporation to protect and care for Mookini Heiau, one of the sites that comprises the Monument.
The Mo'okini Luakini Foundation testified in support of this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this measure.
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. 2249 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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