STAND. COM. REP. NO.  945

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1245

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1245, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CEMETERIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Require the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (Director), in consultation with the Comptroller, to develop strategies for the upkeep, repair, and maintenance of Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City, Oahu;

     (2)  Require the Director to examine all options for repairing and maintaining Sunset Memorial Park, including the feasibility of the State acquiring ownership of the Park;

     (3)  Authorize the Director to access the Sunset Memorial Trust Fund to address repair and maintenance issues of the cemetery; and

     (4)  Limit the liability for volunteers who maintain or repair cemetery grounds.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Department of Accounting and General Services, and Council Member representing District 8 of the Honolulu City Council testified in support of 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 H.B. No. 1245, H.D. 2, 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