STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1113

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1154

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 1154, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to preserve the culturally and historically rich area of South Kona on the island of Hawaii by establishing the South Kona Wilderness Area to be administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  DLNR testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General and The Resort Group opposed this bill.  The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii and Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Providing for a two-year establishment of the South Kona Wilderness Area by inserting a sunset date of June 30, 2013; and

     (2)  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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1154, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1154, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair