STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 124

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1561

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. 1561 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Define cultural monitors and their required qualifications; and

(2) Allow the one percent of appropriations for projects on lands with historic value that is authorized by the historic preservation law to be spent on investigation, recording, preservation, and salvage, to also be expended on cultural monitors.

Kualoa-Heeia Hawaiian Civic Club and Ahahui Siwila Hawaii o Kapolei submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs submitted testimony in support of this bill with amendments. The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.

Your Committee finds that cultural monitors can be of significant assistance during a project conducted on historical lands. Cultural monitors who understand and are sensitive to the cultural heritage of particular lands can ensure that Hawaii's history is protected and perpetuated.

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. 1561 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

		____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair