Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, Energy and Environment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2667 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to remove the "urban" restriction from public lands for historic preservation and restoration.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and Hawaii's Thousand Friends.

Your Committee finds that this measure would give DLNR greater flexibility in working with state owned historic projects, and would be particularly useful for fish ponds, taro lo`i lands, and historic buildings in rural areas.

Your Committee is supportive of removing unnecessary barriers to the restoration and preservation of Hawaii's public resources.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Energy and Environment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2667 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.