STAND. COM. REP. NO.  688

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 378

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 378, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEACH NOURISHMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to preserve and protect Hawaii's beaches from erosion by providing matching funds for the cost of an environmental impact statement associated with the planned beach nourishment project at Kaanapali Beach on the island of Maui.

 

     The Office of the Mayor, Maui County; Hawaii Tourism Authority; Kaanapali Operations Association, Inc.; and Kaanapali Beach Resort Association testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources offered comments.

 

     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 H.B. No. 378, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair