STAND. COM. REP. NO.  790-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1972

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1972, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources to charge fees related to its comprehensive historic preservation program in amounts sufficient to cover the annual operating costs of the program, taking into account all other sources of program income.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Transportation provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by further specifying that the fees shall be proportional to the nature and complexity of the projects or services provided.

 

     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. 1972, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1972, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair