STAND. COM. REP. NO.1415

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1509

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1509, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish and create a management plan for a South Kona wilderness area on the island of Hawai`i.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, pursuant to legislative request, submitted a report to the Legislature in December 2001 that identified areas proposed to be included in a South Kona park and discussed issues related to making such a park. Your Committee finds that there is limited development in the adjacent ahupua`a of Honomalino, Okoe, Kapu`a, Kaulanamauna, and Manuka, extending from South Kona to Ka`u, and that a wilderness park would safeguard the natural and cultural assets in the area. Your Committee further finds that there are significant archeological sites and native plants and animals within the proposed wilderness area and that the creation and management of a South Kona wilderness park to protect them is appropriate.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, for the purposes of promoting further discussion, and by making technical changes for the purposes of clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1509, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1509, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair