STAND. COM. REP. NO.  329-20

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2020

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2739

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2739 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KA IWI COAST,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect and preserve the lands of the Ka Iwi coast in perpetuity by establishing the Ka Iwi Coast State Park for the benefit of local residents and future generations.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Ka Iwi Coalition, Surfrider Oahu, Friends of Haunauma Bay, and eighteen individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Livable Hawaii Kai Hui.

 

     Your Committee finds that the lands of the Ka Iwi coast are an invaluable natural asset for the people of Hawaii.  Your Committee further finds that growing interest in this area has brought a rapid increase in visitors, and without proper management the area will become overrun by invasive species or become subject to future development.  This measure protects the lands of the Ka Iwi coast in perpetuity by establishing the Ka Iwi Coast State Park for the benefit of local residents and future generations.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting tax map key numbers identifying the lands to make up the Ka Iwi Coast State Park;

 

     (2)  Clarifying that the Ka Iwi Coast State Park is exempt from the boundary amendment requirements of chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2739, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2739, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair