STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1263

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 160

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 160 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONVENE A HISTORIC PLACES TASK FORCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the State Historic Preservation Division to convene a task force composed of members with professional expertise in tax laws, planning, economic development, and historic preservation to assist the Hawaii Historic Places Review Board in examining issues involved with the identification of historic properties and inclusion of those properties in the Hawaii Register of Historic Places.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from an individual.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Naval Air Museum Barbers Point and Historic Hawaii Foundation submitted comments.  

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting a provision that requested the task force to create an inventoried list of districts, sites, or structures that may be appropriate for inclusion in the Hawaii Register of Historic Places; and

 

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purpose of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 160, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 160, H.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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CINDY EVANS, Chair