STAND. COM. REP. NO.122-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2600
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred H.B. No. 2600 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE PARKS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Strengthen the Hawaii State Parks System by appropriating funds for the preparation of a comprehensive master plan; and
(2) Direct the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to maintain Irwin Park located next to Aloha Tower Marketplace.
The Outdoor Circle, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Scenic Hawaii, Inc., and Life of the Land testified in support of this bill. DLNR supported the intent of this measure. The Aloha Tower Development Corporation (ATDC) opposed this bill.
Your Committee finds that DLNR's only comprehensive master plan for the State Parks System was prepared in 1962.
ATDC is currently responsible for Irwin Park, which is an integral part of the Aloha Tower Marketplace. Because the Marketplace pays for the maintenance of Irwin Park under an agreement with ATDC, it is being managed at no cost to the public.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Deleting the requirement that DLNR maintain Irwin Park; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct stylistic errors.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2600, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2600, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land Use,
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____________________________ EZRA KANOHO, Chair |
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