Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Transportation, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 23, S.D. 1, entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources to work with the Department of Transportation in dedicating berthing areas in each county for the voyaging canoes of non-profit educational organizations.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted testimony supporting the intent of this measure.

The Polynesian Voyaging Society submitted written testimony in support of this Resolution, noting that four of the eight major Hawaiian Islands have voyaging canoes contributing to a quality education for the young children of this State.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Transportation that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 23, S.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.