STAND. COM. REP. NO.  466-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2693

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2693, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enhance the capabilities of the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to expeditiously review Department of Transportation project proposals by creating and funding two additional positions in the State Historic Preservation Division.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The Society for Hawaiian Archaeology provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2693, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair