STAND. COM. REP. NO. 904-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2229

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2229, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COASTAL EROSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the University of Hawaii to establish and implement a two-year program to study the impact of sandbag walls on sand movement patterns and coastal erosion and on certain public trust resources at Ehukai Beach Park on the North Shore of Oahu, including from the shoreline area near Ke Iki Road to Sunset Beach;

(2) Require the University of Hawaii to submit a report of its study findings and recommendations to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2025; and

(3) Appropriate funds to the University of Hawaii for the study.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii, Conservation Council for Hawai‘i, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Budget and Finance, Hawai‘i Shore and Beach Preservation Association, and one individual.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2229, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair