STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1314

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 109

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 109 entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR TO NOT TRANSFER HAPUNA BEACH AND MAUNA KEA STATE RECREATION AREAS FROM THE STATE OF HAWAII TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAII,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Governor to not transfer Hapuna Beach and Mauna Kea State Recreation Areas from the State to the County of Hawaii, thereby retaining jurisdiction over those recreation areas under the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the County of Hawaii, Office of the Mayor.

 

     Your Committees find that the Department of Land and Natural Resources possesses the ability, resources, and expertise to administer, manage, and exercise control over Hapuna Beach and Mauna Kea State Recreation Areas and enhance the experience of people who visit those public recreational facilities. 

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments, including the reorganization of language, for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 109, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 109, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair