STAND. COM. REP. NO. 824

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 138

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 138, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DIAMOND HEAD STATE MONUMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a sub-account within the state parks special fund into which fifty-five per cent of admission proceeds will be deposited to cover costs for operations, repair, and maintenance of the Diamond Head State Monument.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and the Diamond Head Citizens Advisory Committee submitted comments in support of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that the moneys generated through admission fees to the Diamond Head State Monument are currently used for maintenance of state parks and state parks programs statewide.  Your Committee believes that this use of funds generated through admission fees to the Diamond Head State Monument do not suffice to ensure proper operation and maintenance of the monument.

     Your Committee finds that this measure remedies the concerns by providing that fifty-five per cent of the moneys generated through admission fees at the Diamond Head State Monument will be used for operations, repair, and maintenance of the monument, thus guaranteeing its proper operation.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 138, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

____________________________

ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair