STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1694

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.C.R. No. 137

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Business and Economic Development, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 137 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF THE OFFICE OF PLANNING TO COORDINATE THE UPDATING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HAWAII OCEAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Office of Planning Coastal Zone Management Program to coordinate the updating and implementation of the Hawaii Ocean Resources Management Plan.

The Office of Planning, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, and the Ocean Tourism Coalition submitted testimony in support of this measure.

This measure:

(1) Requests that the Coastal Zone Management Program to be recognized as the lead agency for coastal zone management and specifically as the coordinator of all ocean and coastal resources management efforts;

(2) Requests all state and county agencies engaged in ocean and coastal resource management to report, consult, and coordinate with the Coastal Zone Management Program, as lead agency, in accordance with the objectives and policies of chapter 205A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including updating and implementing a comprehensive and integrated ocean resources management plan;

(3) Outlines policies for the Coastal Zone Management Program to follow; and

(4) Requests the Coastal Zone Management Program to hold an informational briefing and provide a status report on its efforts to the Legislature.

Your Committees find that this measure will assist in the maintenance of an important state resource.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Business and Economic Development that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 137 and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, and Agriculture and Business and Economic Development,

____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair		____________________________ RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair