STAND. COM. REP. NO.  549

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 839

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.B. No. 839 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO BEACHES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure public access to shorelines, by appropriating an unspecified sum of funds for the 2007-2009 fiscal biennium to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to survey and map all existing public access ways to shoreline areas throughout the state.

     The Kuli'ou'ou/Kalani Iki Neighborhood Board #2 and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  A concerned individual supported this measure with amendments.  DLNR opposed this bill.

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 839 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair