STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1601

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 819

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 819, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enable the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to:

(1) Deposit civil, criminal, and administrative penalties, fines, and other charges collected under Chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), or any rule adopted pursuant to Chapter 6E, HRS, into the Hawaii Historic Preservation Special Fund (Special Fund); and

(2) Allow Special Fund moneys to be used to pay for staff positions and administrative and operational costs of the Historic Preservation Program, subject to legislative approval.

DLNR testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion.

 

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. 819, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 819, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair