STAND. COM. REP. NO. 486

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1123

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 1123 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the employment of lifeguards and purchase of life-saving equipment at Kua Bay, Kekaha Kai State Park.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of the Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Kohala Coast Resort Association, and one individual.

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1123 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair