Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2974 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to preserve the visual, cultural, and historical aspects of the South Kona Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) on the island of Hawaii by extending from December 31, 2006, to December 31, 2007, the time allowed to acquire land designated to be part of the Wilderness Area.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, The Trust for Public Land, The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, and Pa'a Pono Milolii Inc., testified in support of this bill.

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. 2974 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.