STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1168-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2022

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2757

      S.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 S.B. No. 2757, S.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 appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the development of a comprehensive inventory of historic properties and burial sites, including for a state-of-the-art archaeological surface survey integrating the use of remote sensing, aerial, and satellite imagery; data collection on the location of burial sites; and an inventory of historic buildings, structures, and other properties.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Historic Hawaii Foundation.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

 

     Your Committee finds that comprehensive statewide inventories of historic properties and burial sites are critical to managing and protecting these places in Hawaii.  Your Committee further finds that the absence of comprehensive statewide inventories can delay project planning because developers, planners, and state and county agencies lack key information on the location of historic properties and burial sites.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2757, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair