STAND. COM. REP. NO.  895-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2565

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2565, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEMORIALS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect public health and safety, as well as coastal lands, while allowing the commemoration of loved ones who have passed by establishing the Coastal Memorials Task Force to evaluate, develop standards, and make recommendations regarding the practice of erecting coastal memorials.

 

     Three concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in opposition to this measure. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 2565, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2565, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair