STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3143

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3103

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. 3103 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume sole jurisdiction over the review of any effect that a proposed project may have on historic properties or burial sites on certain lands under its jurisdiction.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Hawaii State Aha Moku.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Historic Hawaii Foundation and Society for Hawaiian Archaeology.

Your Committee finds that granting the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands the authority proposed by this measure will expedite reviews of the effects of proposed projects.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; 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. 3103, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3103, S.D. 1.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair