STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3071

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2757

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, 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 and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop a comprehensive inventory of historic properties and burial sites.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, Historic Hawaii Foundation, and two individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the proper management and protection of historic properties and burial sites across the State will require a comprehensive inventory of those properties and sites. Accordingly, your Committee further finds that the State should devote resources to the development of such an inventory.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means 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 Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair