STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3171

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2799

S.D. 2

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. 2799, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KAIWI COAST,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a Kaiwi coast state park.

Specifically, the measure authorizes the transfer and designation of lands, appropriates moneys, and establishes staff positions for the new park.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Aha Moku, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and one individual.

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

Your Committee finds that establishing a Kaiwi coast state park will preserve for future generations the natural beauty of the Kaiwi coast lands.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Mandating, rather than authorizing, the transfer of certain lands, the designation of the transferred lands as a state park, and the naming of the park as "Kaiwi coast state park";

(2) Establishing as a new section of the Hawaii Revised Statutes certain provisions of the measure that are of a general and permanent nature; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2799, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2799, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair