STAND. COM. REP. NO.  714-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2874

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2874 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE PARKS ON KAUAI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure adequate funding to operate and maintain Kokee and Waimea Canyon State Parks on Kauai.  This bill establishes a sub-account within the State Parks Special Fund, into which shall be deposited 100 percent of all revenues collected from concessions, leases, commissions, and user fees generated from these parks, less any amounts due to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.  Revenues from this sub-account will be used to repair, maintain, and operate these two parks.

     A Kauai County Councilmember and numerous individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the percentage of revenues to be deposited into the sub-account;

     (2)  Inserting a defective date of July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity,      consistency, and style.

     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. 2874, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2874, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair