STAND. COM. REP. NO. 200

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1093
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs and
Economic Development, to which was referred S.B. No. 1093
entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a process to
restore public beach lands.

     Specifically, the measure provides the Department of Land
and Natural Resources with the necessary legislative and monetary
support to implement elements of its Coastal Lands Program.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of the measure
from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of
Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, the Office of
Planning, the City and County of Honolulu's Department of
Planning and Permitting, and a private citizen.

     Kamehameha Schools Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, the Sierra
Club, Hawaii Chapter, and the Lanikai Association supported the
passage of the measure if amendments were made to address their
concerns.  Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted
by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and two private citizens.

     Your Committees have amended the measure by deleting its
substance and inserting therefor, provisions that appropriate
funds to:

 
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     (1)  Conduct an engineering design and analysis of beach
          restoration at Honokowai Beach Park, Kaaawa Beach Park,
          and the Sacred Falls shoreline area; and

     (2)  Conduct a demonstration scale engineering investigation
          for an offshore sand source to be used in beach
          restoration.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs and Economic
Development that are attached to this report, your Committees are
in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1093, as
amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the
form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1093, S.D. 1, and be referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Water, Land, and
                                   Hawaiian Affairs and Economic
                                   Development,



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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair          COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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