STAND. COM. REP. 2708

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2972

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2972 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HISTORIC PRESERVATION SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that all penalties, fines, and other administrative charges collected for historic preservation under the State historic preservation law (chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes), shall be deposited into the Hawaii historic preservation special fund.

In addition, the measure:

(1) Expands the permissible expenditures for the fund to include permanent and temporary staff positions for the historic preservation program; and

(2) Updates the reference to a repealed law on grants and subsidies.

Your Committee finds that through Act 104, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, the authority of the Department of Land and Natural Resources was expanded to allow the imposition of civil and administrative penalties and the pursuit of violations against landowners who violate the State's historic preservation laws. This measure ensures that the moneys collected from penalties imposed will be deposited into the special fund. Further, your Committee finds that in 1988, the Department was authorized to charge fees to help defray the cost of administering the historic preservation program. This measure clarifies that the Department may use the special fund to help pay for costs of operating and staffing the program.

Your Committee amended this measure by changing the effective date from upon approval to July 1, 2030 to ensure further discussion on this issue.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2972, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2972, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair