STAND. COM. REP. 372

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1683

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1683 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DIAMOND HEAD STATE MONUMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to preserve and protect the Diamond Head State Monument as a historical and cultural natural resource by:

(1) Establishing the Diamond Head State Monument Special Fund to finance a variety of improvements; and

(2) Authorizing the issuance of $2,500,000 in general obligation bonds to build an interpretive center.

The Waikiki Improvement Association and two individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the appropriation for the purpose of continued discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of consistency and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1683, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1683, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair