STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1947-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3027

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 3027, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEACHES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to include in the State's policies for the physical environment under the Hawaii State Planning Act the development of a statewide beach assessment study and a beach and shoreline restoration and conservation plan to regularly assess beach and shoreline erosion and develop feasible beach and shoreline restoration or conservation options.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program and Climate Resiliency Initiative, and Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation of an unspecified amount for the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to develop the statewide beach assessment study and beach and shoreline restoration and conservation plan; 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 S.B. No. 3027, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3027, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair