STAND. COM. REP. NO. 583-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2006

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2006 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require, as a condition for an emergency permit for the installation of a sandbag, an attachment to the sandbag that contains certain identifying information.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that temporary sandbags have been authorized by the Board of Land and Natural Resources on a temporary emergency basis to address coastal erosion when there is an imminent threat to public health or safety. Your Committee further finds that many erosion control devices and structures in the State were not built in compliance with their permit conditions. This measure will ensure that temporary sandbags are installed in compliance with the permit conditions by requiring that certain identifying information be attached to the sandbag, thereby confirming that a permit was acquired to install the sandbag and holding each permittee accountable for the type of device or structure installed.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2006, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2006, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair