STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3136

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3027

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. 3027, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEACHES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to include as a policy of the State the development of a statewide beach assessment study and a restoration and conservation plan.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Napili Bay and Beach Foundation, Inc.

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

Your Committee finds that by helping to safeguard the health of the State's beaches and shorelines, this measure will benefit coastal ecosystems, public beach and shoreline access, recreational opportunities, cultural practices, and the State's tourism-based economy.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the scope of the restoration and conservation plan is to include beaches and shorelines; and

(2) 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. 3027, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3027, 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