STAND. COM. REP. NO. 16

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 710

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 710 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to promote historic preservation in Hawaii by:

(1) Providing that civil, criminal, and administrative penalties, fines, and other charges collected under the Historic Preservation Law, Chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), or any rules adopted thereunder, shall be deposited into the Hawaii Historic Preservation Special Fund (Fund); and

(2) Expanding the use of the Fund to authorize expenditures for staff positions and the administrative and operational costs of the Historic Preservation Program.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), and the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation submitted testimony in support of this bill.

Recent statutory amendments have authorized DLNR to impose enforcement fines and penalties for violations of the historic preservation laws. This bill ensures that those fines and penalties can be deposited in the Fund and used to offset the costs of enforcing historic preservation losses.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 710 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

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

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair