STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2603

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2739

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2739, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MAKENA-KEONEOIO GOVERNMENT ROAD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish that the Makena‑Keone‘o‘io government road on Maui's southwest flank is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     This measure requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules regarding entry into the Ahihi-Kinau natural area reserve through the Makena Keone‘o‘io government road and appropriates an unspecified amount for the repair and maintenance of the road.

     Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure to clarify that only that portion of the Makena‑Keone‘o‘io government road that traverses the natural area reserve is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources and that the remainder of the road lying outside the natural area reserve remains under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation.  Your Committee has also made technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2739, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2739, S.D. 2.

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

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair