CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.54

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 712

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 712, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER 6E,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to protect historical and cultural sites by:

(1) Establishing criminal offenses for knowingly taking, appropriating, excavating, injuring, destroying, or altering historic property, aviation artifacts, and burial sites without permission or without obtaining required approval;

(2) Making it a criminal offense to knowingly fail to stop work in the immediate area and report the discovery of a burial site; and

(3) Establishing that it is a civil and administrative violation to knowingly fail to re-inter human remains discovered on private lands or lands owned by the State or counties or to knowingly glue together, label, or conduct any tests that destroy skeletal remains.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 712, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 712, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Co-Chair

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Co-Chair

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MELE CARROLL, Co-Chair

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Co-Chair

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BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Co-Chair