STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3436

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 89
                                        S.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred
S.C.R. No. 89, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CONVENE A WORK GROUP TO STUDY
     CONDITIONS AT PUNALU`U BEACH AND THE NEAR-BY KAMEHAME BEACH
     AND RECOMMEND APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT
     THE AREA'S ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THE ECOSYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of
Land and Natural Resources to convene a study group to determine
how to protect the endangered turtles and other threatened
species at Punalu`u Beach and Kamehame Beach as well as the
beaches themselves.

     Your Committee finds that the overlapping governmental
jurisdiction over the beach area is not functioning optimally in
protecting the animals or the beaches.  Your Committee believes
that a comprehensive integrated multi-lateral public-private
cooperative approach is highly desirable and beneficial in
effectuating the common goal of conserving the ecosystem at the
beach park areas.


 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure by requesting an
interim report for the Regular Session of 2001 as well as the
final report for the Regular Session of 2002.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 89,
S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the
form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 89, S.D. 2.

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



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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