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. 3147, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to preserve culturally and environmentally significant lands on Oahu by appropriating funds for the purchase of Waimea Valley.

The Save Waimea Valley Coalition, Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter, and a concerned individual supported this bill. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this measure with amendments. The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this bill.

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. 3147, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.