STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1328

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.R. No. 84

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land, to which was referred H.R. No. 84 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE COUNTIES TO PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISABLED PERSONS TO ACCESS BEACHES,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase access for persons with disabilities to Hawaii's beaches by requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the counties to provide reasonable accommodations for beach access.

 

     The Office of Veterans Services, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, and an individual submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Disability and Communication Access Board submitted comments.  The Department of Parks and Recreation of the City and County of Honolulu submitted testimony in opposition.  

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 84, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 84, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land,

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

 

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KANIELA ING, Chair