STAND. COM. REP. NO. 663

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 710

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 710 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to promote historic preservation in Hawaii by:

(1) Providing that civil, criminal, and administrative penalties, fines, and other charges collected under the Historic Preservation Law, chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or any rules adopted thereunder, shall be deposited into the Hawaii Historic Preservation Special Fund (Fund); and

(2) Expanding the use of the Fund to authorize expenditures for staff positions and administrative and operational costs of the Historic Preservation Program.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2999, for the purpose of continuing discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct technical drafting errors.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 710, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 710, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair