STAND. COM. REP. NO. 657
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1020
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1020, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to protect the public's interest in the beach and land next to the ocean by clarifying the definition of "shoreline" thereby protecting resources that rightfully belong with the public trust by:
(1) Prohibiting shoreline planting by abutting landowners to expand their property; and
(2) Authorizing the state land surveyor to rescind a shoreline certification based on a misrepresentation in the application.
A Maui County Council Member testified in support of this bill. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in qualified support of the bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii opposed the measure.
Your Committee has amended the bill by:
(1) Deleting "whichever is furthest mauka or inland" from page 4, line 21; and
(2) Changing the effective date to upon its approval.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1020, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1020, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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