STAND. COM. REP. NO.  569-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1840

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water & Land and Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1840 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop strategies for the upkeep, repair, and maintenance of Sunset Memorial Park.

Several individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs provided comments.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water & Land and Consumer Protection & Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1840, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1840, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water & Land and Consumer Protection & Commerce,

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair