THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TAXATION

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair

Senator Will Espero, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008

DATE:	Thursday, February 21, 2008
TIME:	1:15 p.m.
PLACE:	Conference Room 224 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Tuesday, February 19, 2008)

SB 2557 Testimony	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Transfers jurisdiction of inadvertently discovered native Hawaiian burial sites from the department of land and natural resources to the appropriate island burial council.  Provides sixty days for burial council to make a determination on burial site treatment or removal.  Allows state historic preservation officer to make a determination if council is unable after sixty days.	AHW/EDT
SB 2644 Testimony	RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER. Specifies the required qualifications for a state historic preservation officer and adds requirement that notice of the appointment of a state historic preservation officer be given to the legislature.	EDT/AHW

(The Committee on AHW will be holding its decision making on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 2:45 p.m. in room 224.)

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6890.