STAND. COM. REP. NO.  377-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1914

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1914 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require that all conveyances, transfers, and exchanges of public historic property advance the interest of historic preservation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Historic Hawaii Foundation, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.  The Society for Hawaiian Archeology submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Narrowing its application to property listed or eligible for inclusion in the Hawaii register of historic places; and

     (2)  Specifying that any special protections or conditions for the conveyance, transfer, or exchange of historic property subject to this measure shall be developed in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Division and subject to the same review process, including review by the Department of Hawaiian Homelands when appropriate, that applies to all state projects involving historic property.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1914, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1914, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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CINDY EVANS, Chair