STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2847

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2868

       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. 2868, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish an archaeological data survey database under the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

     More specifically, the measure will make the database accessible to the public online and requires the Museum of Natural and Cultural History to consult with the State Historic Preservation Division and other appropriate agencies and organizations in developing and maintaining the database.  The measure authorizes the Museum to withhold information from the database if its disclosure poses a threat to a site or artifact.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments regarding this measure.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of style and clarity.

     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. 2868, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2868, 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