STAND. COM. REP. NO. 572

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 497

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 497, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate matching funds from the beach restoration special fund to finance the costs of the environmental impact statement associated with the planned beach nourishment project at Kaanapali Beach on Maui.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Lyon.Us.com.  Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that the ongoing Kaanapali Beach nourishment project will require the preparation of an environmental impact statement estimated to cost $800,000 of which the private sector is committed to providing $400,000.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate continued discussion on the measure.

     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. 497, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 497, 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