STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1468-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.C.R. No. 86

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 86 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE OF HAWAII TO RECOGNIZE MOKAUEA ISLAND AS A CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AND INCLUDE MOKAUEA ISLAND ON THE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to further the Legislature's goal of protecting Hawaii's distinctive cultural heritage and to implement the recommendations of a State Historic Preservation Officer's 1975 report noting Mokauea Island's historic importance by urging the United States National Register of Historic Places and the State Historic Preservation Division to recognize Mokauea Island as a cultural and educational resource and include Mokauea Island on the National Register of Historic Places and the Hawaii Register of Historic Places.

The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the title of this measure to reflect that this measure only urges the National Register of Historic Places program to take action and to read:

"URGING THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES TO RECOGNIZE MOKAUEA ISLAND AS A CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AND INCLUDE MOKAUEA ISLAND ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES";

(2)  Urging only the United States National Register of Historic Places program to include Mokauea Island on the National Register of Historic Places; and

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

     Your Committee respectfully notes that while the passage of this measure is meant to emphasize the Legislature's support of recognizing the historic and cultural importance of Mokauea Island, the process of the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to nominate a place to the National Register must be followed.

     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. 86, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 86, 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