STAND. COM. REP. NO. 661

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 333

       S.D. 3

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 333, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to expand the uses of the Hawaii historic preservation fund by requiring one per cent of all capital improvement appropriations for state buildings to be deposited in the fund.

The measure also capitalizes on the accelerated construction programming proposed by the new gubernatorial administration to assist in the restoration and preservation of such heritage assets as the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Iolani Palace, and Washington Place.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from William J. Aila, Jr., Chairperson, Department of Land and Natural Resources; Kiersten Faulkner, Executive Director Historic Hawaii Foundation; and Bishop Museum.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from Kalbert K. Young, Director, Department of Budget and Finance.

     Your Committee finds that, in the current economic climate, it is difficult to pursue new financial resources to ensure the preservation of Hawaii's heritage assets without a corresponding commitment on the part of the State to provide an underlying baseline of state funding support.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the amount of transfer moneys to be exceeded to an unspecified sum to facilitate further discussion on this issue; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 333, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 333, S.D. 3.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair