STAND. COM. REP. NO. 304

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 740
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources and
Water and Land Use, to which was referred H.B. No. 740 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BEACH
     RESTORATION AT HONOKOWAI BEACH PARK, KAAAWA BEACH PARK, AND
     THE SACRED FALLS SHORELINE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to allow
the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to:

     (1)  Conduct an engineering design and analysis of beach
          restoration at Honokowai beach park, Kaaawa beach park,
          and the Sacred Falls shoreline; and

     (2)  Conduct a demonstration scale engineering investigation
          for an offshore sand source to be used in beach
          restoration.

     Your Committees received testimony in favor of the bill from
the Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
(DBEDT), the University of Hawaii's School of Ocean & Earth
Science & Technology (SOEST), the University of Hawaii's
Environmental Center, the City & County of Honolulu's Department
of Planning and Permitting, and a concerned citizen.

     DLNR submitted testimony which stated that they recognize
the need to study beach erosion but oppose the bill inasmuch as

 
 
 
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such an appropriation would adversely impact the priorities
indicated in DLNR's Executive Biennium Budget.

     Your Committees have amended the bill by changing the
appropriation amount to $1 for the purpose of continuing
discussion of the bill.

     Your Committees are in support of this measure and recommend
that the appropriation be specified as new money that is in
addition to DLNR's current budget.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Ocean Recreation and Marine Resources and Water and
Land Use that are attached to this report, your Committees are in
accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 740, as amended
herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form
attached hereto as H.B. No. 740, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Ocean Recreation
                                   and Marine Resources and Water
                                   and Land Use,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ROMY M. CACHOLA, Chair             ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair