Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1509 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish the South Kona wilderness area on the island of Hawaii.

Two concerned citizens testified in support of this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Kamehameha Schools testified in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that the area encompassing the South Kona wilderness area has limited development and significant archeological sites that warrant protection and preservation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(2) Deleting provisions relating to appropriations;

(3) Making the bill take effect upon its approval; and

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1509, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1509, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.