STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2064

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1068

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1068, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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 objectives and policies for the physical environment under section 226-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, of the Hawaii State Planning Act:

(1) The promotion of statewide beach assessments and beach and shoreline adaptation, restoration, and conservation; and

(2) The pursuit of compatible relationships among activities, facilities, Native Hawaiian traditional practices mauka and makai, and natural resources.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program and Climate Resilience Collaborative, Wild Kids, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.

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. 1068, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair