STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1587

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1154

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1154, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to preserve the culturally and historically rich area of South Kona on the island of Hawaii by establishing the South Kona Wilderness Area to be administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).

 

     A concerned individual supported this bill.  The Department of the Attorney General, The Resort Group, and Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii opposed this bill.  DLNR offered comments.

              

     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 S.B. No. 1154, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair