STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1714

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 636

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 636, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide funding and the policy tools to enable the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to implement the Recreational Renaissance Plan by upgrading and maintaining state parks, trails, and ocean recreational facilities at world-class levels, and protecting state natural resources.

     The Department of Budget and Finance, Trust for Public Land, Friends of Iolani Palace, Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Kauai Chamber of Commerce, American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii, Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club, Historic Hawaii Foundation, Pahio Resorts, American Public Works Association Hawaii Chapter, Limtiaco Consulting Group, Inc., Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, Diamond Head State Monument Foundation, Hawaii 4x4 Association, Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, Kauai Sea Tours, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Dr. Leisure's Friends of Makena State Park, Waikiki Neighborhood Board, and numerous concerned individuals opposed this bill.  DLNR, Ocean Tourism Coalition, and Hawaii Teamsters Local 996 submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 636, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 636, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair