STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1617-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 3036

      S.D. 2

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3036, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEACH MANAGEMENT FOR THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address erosion on Oahu's North Shore by requiring the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to create a North Shore Beach Management Plan for the area stretching from the Kawailoa to Waialee ahupuaa and appropriating funds for the development of the plan.

The Sea Grant College Program of the University of Hawaii at Manoa; Department of Design and Construction, City and County of Honolulu; Surfrider Foundation; and numerous individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3036, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair