Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2231, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create a process to develop warning signage for the Kaho'olawe Island Reserve.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and a member of the Maui County Council. Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii commented on this measure.

Your Committee finds safety planning to be a necessary component in the transition from U.S. government control of Kaho'olawe and in opening access to the public.

Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting the substance of a very similar bill, H.B. No. 2110, H.D. 1. Technical amendments were made to remove the temporary task force provisions of the bill from the statutes and place them in the Session Laws. Other technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2231, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2231, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.