Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1613, H.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to acquire lands adjacent to the Kohala historical sites state monument.

Your Committee finds that Act 166, Session Laws of Hawaii 1992, now codified as section 6E-38.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, established the Kohala historical sites state monument, a collection of historic sites in North Kohala, Hawaii, including the Mo`okini Luakini, Kamehameha birthsite, Kukuipahu Heiau, and historic sites at Mahukona. Act 166 further mandated that certain additional parcels of land were to be acquired through gifts or land exchanges to provide access and buffer areas for the monument.

Over the years, the State has been unsuccessful in its efforts to acquire these properties through gifts or land exchanges. This measure will appropriate funds for the acquisition of certain specific listed parcels of real property to ensure adequate access and buffer areas are afforded the Kohala historic sites state monument.

Your Committee further finds that the Mo`okini Luakini Corporation, a nonprofit entity established in 1979 to promote, develop, and preserve the Mo`okini Heiau, is the most qualified organization to protect and care for the Mo`okini Heiau.

Your Committee has amended this bill by inserting a specific amount to be appropriated to facilitate further discussion on this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1613, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1613, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.