STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1014

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 14

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water and Land and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 14, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KEKAHA KAI STATE PARK,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the employment of lifeguards and purchase of equipment used by lifeguards in the course of their work at Kua Bay, Kekaha Kai State Park.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawai‘i State Fire Council, Hawaii Fire Department, Hawai‘i County Council, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, and ten individuals.

     Your Committees find that Kua Bay, located within Kekaha Kai State Park, has been experiencing increased popularity with growing numbers of visitors due to its location and recent improvements.  The increase in visitors has been accompanied by an alarming increase in water safety incidents.  Your Committees find that in the interest of public health and safety, it is necessary to appropriate funds for lifeguards and equipment at Kua Bay.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by inserting an effective date of March 15, 2099, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water and Land and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 14, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 14, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water and Land and Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair