STAND. COM. REP. NO. 966

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1141

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1141, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAIMANO RIDGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve the health and safety of residents in the Waimano ridge area of Oahu by prohibiting any state or county agency, commission, or department from granting, approving, or issuing any lease or permit that authorizes new or expanded use, or further development, of existing leased lands or facilities on state-owned land in the Waimano ridge area until a master plan is developed, communicated to area residents, and the public health, well-being, and safety is assured.

Specifically, this bill, among other things:

(1) Establishes a process, requiring public input, for the Department of Health (DOH) to draft the master plan; and

(2) Requires DOH to prepare and disseminate an annual report describing the activities on Waimano ridge, including certain details on the tests and programs being conducted there as well as details on public informational meetings conducted.

 

The Pearl City Neighborhood Board No. 21, Pearl City Community Association, and a concerned citizen supported this bill. DOH opposed this bill. The Office of Information Practices offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to promote further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

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. 1141, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1141, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair