STAND. COM. REP. NO.204

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 444

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred H.B. No. 444 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BURIAL SITES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), when burial sites are inadvertently uncovered, to:

(1) Implement a mitigation plan for the landowner, permittee, or developer; and

(2) Charge a fee for execution of the plan.

DLNR and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs submitted testimony in support of this measure along with suggested amendments.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Authorizing DLNR to implement the mitigation plan only upon request; provided that the landowner, permittee, or developer solicited bids from at least two other pre-qualified archaeological firms qualified to implement the mitigation plan; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 444, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 444, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land Use,

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EZRA KANOHO, Chair