STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1404

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.C.R. No. 85

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 85 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO REGISTER THE ACCRETED LANDS ALONG THE WAIPIO PENINSULA SHORELINE IN WAIPAHU AS STATE PROPERTY FOR PROSPECTIVE USE AS A STATE PARK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to urge the Department of Land and Natural Resources to register the accreted lands along the Waipio Peninsula shoreline in Waipahu as State property for prospective use as a State park.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and several concerned individuals commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its title to read:  "URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO DETERMINE WHETHER LANDS ALONG THE WAIPIO PENINSULA and WAIPAHU SHORELINEs ARE ACCRETED LANDS AND THEREFORE STATE PROPERTY FOR PROSPECTIVE USE AS A STATE PARK";

     (2)  Inserting language requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit a report of its findings to the Legislature, including whether the lands along the Waipio Peninsula and Waipahu shorelines are accreted lands suitable for use as a state park in the future; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 85, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 85, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair