STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1028

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 497

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 497, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEACH NOURISHMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to preserve and protect Hawaii's beaches from erosion by providing matching funds for the cost of an environmental impact statement associated with the planned beach nourishment project at Kaanapali Beach on the island of Maui.

 

     The Hawaii Tourism Authority and Kaanapali Operations Association testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee notes the concerns of the Department of Land and Natural Resources that an appropriation of $400,000 may drain the Beach Restoration Special Fund and hamper future beach restoration efforts.  Your Committee therefore requests that the Committee on Finance consider amending this measure, or other related measures, to include provisions aimed at the replenishment of the Beach Restoration Special fund.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 497, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 497, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy & Environmental Protection,

 

 

 

 

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CHRIS LEE, Chair