STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1709

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.C.R. No. 260

      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 Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 260 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request a management audit of the Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO submitted testimony in support.  The Society for Hawaiian Archaeology supported this measure with reservations.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this concurrent resolution.  A concerned individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

     (1)  Including additional information on staff member turnover; and

     (2)  Including additional language to request that the Auditor interview former Division staff and candidates for positions within the Division to evaluate Division management practices, including recruitment, hiring, and employment practices.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 260, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 260, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

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KEN ITO, Chair