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 S.B. No. 2004, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Ahu o Laka State Monument as a protected and maintained historical, cultural, and aesthetically valued site at Kaneohe, Oahu, to be administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).

DLNR, the Koolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, Keahiakahoe Canoe Club, Kahaluu Neighborhood Board No. 29, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Kaneohe Bay Regional Council and numerous concerned individuals opposed this measure.

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 S.B. No. 2004, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.