HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	710
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to historic preservation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 6E-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§6E-3  Historic preservation program.  There is established within the department a division to administer a comprehensive historic preservation program, which shall include but not be limited to the following:

     (1)  Development of an on-going program of historical, architectural, and archaeological research and development, including surveys, excavations, scientific recording, interpretation, and publications on the State's historical and cultural resources;

     (2)  Acquisition of historic or cultural properties, real or personal, in fee or in any lesser interest, by gift, purchase, condemnation, devise, bequest, land exchange, or other means; preservation, restoration, administration, or transference of the property; and the charging of reasonable admissions to that property;

     (3)  Development of a statewide survey and inventory to identify and document historic properties, aviation artifacts, and burial sites, including all those owned by the State and the counties;

     (4)  Preparation of information for the Hawaii register of historic places and listing on the national register of historic places;

     (5)  Preparation, review, and revisions of a state historic preservation plan, including budget requirements and land use recommendations;

     (6)  Application for and receipt of gifts, grants, technical assistance, and other funding from public and private sources for the purposes of this chapter;

     (7)  Provision of technical and financial assistance to the counties and public and private agencies involved in historic preservation activities;

     (8)  Coordination of activities of the counties in accordance with the state plan for historic preservation;

     (9)  Stimulation of public interest in historic preservation, including the development and implementation of interpretive programs for historic properties listed on or eligible for the Hawaii register of historic places;

    (10)  Coordination of the evaluation and management of burial sites as provided in section 6E-43;

    (11)  Acquisition of burial sites in fee or in any lesser interest, by gift, purchase, condemnation, devise, bequest, land exchange, or other means, to be held in trust;

    (12)  Submittal of an annual report to the governor and legislature detailing the accomplishments of the year, recommendations for changes in the state plan or future programs relating to historic preservation, and an accounting of all income, expenditures, and the fund balance of the Hawaii historic preservation special fund;

    (13)  Regulation of archaeological activities throughout the State[;], including requiring consultation with native Hawaiian cultural practitioners possessing expertise on the applicable island's history and cultural practices when any archaeological investigation is conducted that relates to historic or cultural properties, artifacts, burial sites, burial goods, or human skeletal remains;

    (14)  Employment of sufficient professional and technical staff for the purposes of this chapter which may be in accordance with chapter 76;

    (15)  The charging of fees to at least partially defray the costs of administering sections 6E-3(13), 6E-8, and 6E-42 of this chapter;

    (16)  Adoption of rules in accordance with chapter 91, necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and

    (17)  Development and adoption, in consultation with the office of Hawaiian affairs native historic preservation council, of rules governing permits for access by native Hawaiians and Hawaiians to cultural, historic, and pre-contact sites and monuments."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Historic Preservation; Archaeological Investigation

Description:

Requires the historic preservation division to consult with native Hawaiian cultural practitioners when any archaeological investigation is conducted that relates to historic or cultural properties, artifacts, burial sites, burial goods, or human skeletal remains.

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