Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 2929 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require one member of the Land Use Commission (LUC) to have substantial experience or expertise in traditional Hawaiian land usage and knowledge of cultural land practices.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kapolei Hawaiian Civic Club, Oahu Council Committee on the Preservation of Historic Sites and Cultural Properties, Ahahui Siwila Hawaii O Kapolei, Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, and several concerned individuals supported this measure. The Office of Planning provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2929, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2929, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.