STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1018

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 245

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 245, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF A HAWAII ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide archeological information of the Hawaiian archipelago by establishing a Hawaii archeological data survey and designating it as a program of the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History.  This measure also allows certain information to be withheld if it poses a valid threat to the protection of archeological sites and artifacts.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Bishop Museum testified in support of this bill.  The Society for Hawaiian Archaeology 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 H.B. No. 245, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair