STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3108

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2974

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2974 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide the State with more time to acquire land in the South Kona Wilderness Area.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, and the Trust for Public Land.

This measure extends the length of time allowed to acquire the lands that are designated to become part of the South Kona Wilderness Park on the island of Hawaii. Your Committee finds that there are significant archeological sites and native plants and animals within the proposed wilderness area and that an extension of time to acquire more land to be included in the South Kona Wilderness Park is appropriate.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2974, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture,

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair