STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2152

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2528

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2528 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure that adequate funds are available for the proper maintenance of Koke‘e and Waimea Canyon State Parks.

     Specifically, the measure establishes a sub-account under the state parks special fund into which shall be deposited the proceeds of the various fees collected at Koke‘e State Park and Waimea Canyon State Park, less any amounts due to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.  The sub-account is to be used to pay for the costs of repair, maintenance, and operation of the Koke‘e State Park and the Waimea Canyon State Park.

     Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the specific percentage of the proceeds from the Koke‘e State Park and Waimea Canyon State Park that will be deposited into the sub‑account.  It is recommended that the issue of the percentage of the proceeds to be deposited into the sub-account be addressed by future committees considering this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2528, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2528, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair