STAND. COM. REP. NO.  954

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 593

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 593, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SHORELINE SETBACKS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to preserve Kailua's beach area for the use and enjoyment of future generations by allowing the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to establish a temporary coastal construction moratorium along Kailua beach.

 

     DLNR supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 593, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 593, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair