STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3449

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 56

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 56, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCREASED FEES TO HELP SUPPORT A FULLY STAFFED STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop recommendations for increased fees to help support a fully staffed State Historic Preservation Division program.

     Additionally, the measure requests the Department of Land and Natural Resources to pursue its recommended fee increases to partially defray the costs of regulating archaeological activities and reviewing proposed projects that may affect historic property, aviation artifacts, or burial sites, through amendments to rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee finds that, in recent years, the State Historic Preservation Division has faced a growing workload while dealing with reductions in personnel and budget cuts.  Increasing the fees for archaeological permits and historic preservation reviews will help support a fully staffed State Historic Preservation Division program.  Your Committee believes that the data requested by this measure will allow the State to determine fee increases that are realistic but not prohibitive.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 56, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 56, S.D. 2.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair