STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1231-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 3

      S.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 Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KAHANA VALLEY STATE PARK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to issue long-term residential leases to additional qualified persons now residing in Kahana Valley on the island of Oahu, on the condition that lessees participate in the interpretive or caretaking programs at Kahana Valley State Park.  This measure also establishes an Advisory Committee to advise DLNR on matters relating to the management of these leases.

     DLNR and the Attorney General 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 S.B. No. 3, S.D. 1, 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