STAND. COM. REP. NO. 855
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1020
H.D. 3
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1020, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Clarify the definition of "shoreline";
(2) Prohibit shoreline planting to establish the shoreline or for certification purposes; and
(3) Authorize the State Land Surveyor to rescind a shoreline certification based on a misrepresentation in the application.
A member of the Maui County Council and the Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, supported this bill. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this bill with amendments. The Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii opposed this measure. The Environmental Center of the University of Hawaii provided comments on this measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to promote further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1020, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1020, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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