STAND. COM. REP. NO. 132

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1079

       S.D. 1

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. 1079 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MAKENA STATE PARK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for permitting, design, and construction of two comfort stations at Makena State Park.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that Makena State Park is the fifth most visited park in the state parks system, with over 600,000 anticipated visitors in 2017.  There are currently no permanent sanitation facilities at the park, and your Committee finds that a sanitary waste management solution is imperative for the protection of public health.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources has initiated a project to construct two permanent comfort stations to address this issue, at a total cost of approximately $5,000,000.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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. 1079, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1079, S.D. 1, 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