STAND. COM. REP. NO. 961-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2329

H.D. 2

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. 2329, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to place historical markers in the State to indicate significant sites in the life of President Barack Obama as identified by the Department, in consultation with the Hawaii Tourism Authority and State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; and

(2) Appropriate funds for this purpose.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and two individuals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying the process for the placement of historical markers if the location identified is a private residence; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2329, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2329, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair