Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2133 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to preserve the coastal dune ecosystem within the Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve (NAR) on Oahu by prohibiting motorized vehicles within the NAR.

The Conservation Council for Hawaii, Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in support of this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments.

Over the years, vehicular traffic in the NAR has degraded the coastal dune ecosystem. This area represents the last relatively intact coastal dune ecosystem remaining on Oahu and should be preserved.

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. 2133 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.