Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2133, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit vehicular access within the Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve, except for the Department of Land and Natural Resources' vehicles used to manage or maintain the reserve, and emergency vehicles.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter. The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that the Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve is one of the last relatively intact coastal dune ecosystems on Oahu. Over the years, vehicular traffic has continually degraded the environmental and cultural integrity of Kaena Point. This measure is in keeping with the spirit and intent of the area's designation as a natural area reserve.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2133, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.