STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1582
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1028
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-First State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1028 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KOKE'E STATE PARK ADVISORY COUNCIL,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to repeal section 171-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, establishing the Koke‘e State Park Advisory Council.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Your Committee finds
that the Koke‘e State Park Advisory
Council is tasked with reviewing and assisting in updating, revising, and
implementing the Koke‘e State Park Master Plan; advising and assisting in the management
of the Koke‘e recreational cabin
leases; enhancing community education and cultural awareness of Koke‘e State Park; and
participating in the protection and preservation of Koke‘e State Park's natural
and cultural resources. Your Committee further finds that the Koke‘e State Park Advisory
Council‘s work led to the
development and completion of the Koke‘e/Waimea Canyon Final Master Plan and Environmental Impact
Statement in 2015. Your Committee finds, however, that the Koke‘e State Park Advisory
Council has not met in over five years nor has it been populated with necessary
members.
Your Committee additionally finds that the implementation of the Koke‘e/Waimea Canyon Final Master Plan can take years, if not decades, and requires consultation and community collaboration to have a successful outcome. Community advisory groups and other organizations are more flexible than legislatively appointed groups and are equally able to develop long-term relationships with the Division of State Parks. Because the Koke‘e State Park Advisory Council has completed the plan it was created to develop and because the implementation of that plan is more appropriately undertaken by other bodies, this measure repeals the statutory establishment of the Koke‘e State Park Advisory Council.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1028, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1028, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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