STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2509

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3103

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 3103 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume historic preservation review of any proposed project on lands under its jurisdiction except for projects affecting properties listed or nominated for inclusion in the Hawaii register of historic places or the national register of historic places.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii State Aha Moku, and one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Historic Hawai‘i Foundation, Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, and one individual.

Your Committees find that protection of the State's historic sites is a high priority. This measure allows the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume review of the effect of any proposed project on historic properties or burial sites for lands under its jurisdiction.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water and Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3103 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water and Land,

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

________________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair