STAND. COM. REP. NO.517
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2659
H.D. 2
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. 2659, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAVE PROTECTION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect caves as unique cultural and natural resources of the State of Hawaii by:
(1) Limiting or prohibiting certain uses and activities within these caves;
(2) Making theft of funerary objects, theft in the first degree; and
(3) Allowing the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to keep the location of a cave undisclosed.
DLNR and the Office of Information Practices testified in support of this measure. The Department of Transportation supported the intent of the bill. The American Public Works Association-Hawaii Chapter commented on 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. 2659, H.D. 2, 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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