Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Media, Arts, Science, and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 1379 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require a complete inventory of Hawaii's World War II bunkers and their entry into the Hawaii Register of Historic places as appropriate.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from three individuals, including two World War II veterans, and comments from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee believes that creating an inventory of World War II bunkers is an important step toward preserving these historic structures, and remembering and honoring Hawaii's veterans. Your Committee finds that, because the State does not maintain a record of the exact number and location of its World War II bunkers, more information is required to determine the time required to conduct a survey and complete the inventory.

In order to reduce the burden on the limited staff resources of the state historic preservation division, it is your Committee's intent that the Department of Land and Natural Resources shall establish partnerships with the military, volunteer organizations, and veterans groups to complete the survey and inventory of Hawaii's World War II bunkers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, for purposes of further discussion. Your Committee also has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Media, Arts, Science, and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1379, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1379, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.