STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1462

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1816

      S.D. 1

      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 Tourism & Culture, to which was referred S.B. No. 1816, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to preserve and protect the Kohala Historic Sites State Monument (Monument) by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to consult with the kahuna nui of the Mo‘okini Heiau on all matters pertaining to the Mo‘okini Heiau prior to making alterations or improvements to the Monument, except for routine maintenance.

     DLNR and Mo‘okini Luakini, Inc., supported this bill.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this bill with amendments.  Kamehameha Schools and Kohala Hawaiian Civic Club submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting the substance of House Bill No. 1104, H.D. 1.  As amended, this bill requires:

     (1)  DLNR to consult with the kahuna nui of the Mo‘okini Heiau prior to making alterations or improvements to the Monument, including the Mo‘okini Heiau, except for routine maintenance; and

     (2)  Prior to any additional organized profit-making venture involving the Monument, including the Mo‘okini Heiau, the entity proposing the venture to consult with the kahuna nui of the Mo‘okini Heiau.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1816, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1816, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair