STAND. COM. REP. NO.682

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 863

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 863 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN FOR KOKEE AND WAIMEA CANYON STATE PARKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to prepare a master plan for Kokee and Waimea Canyon State Parks.

The Kokee Natural History Museum, Pahio Resorts, Textron Systems Kauai, and a concerned citizen testified in support of this bill. The Environmental Center and the Board of Land and Natural Resources supported the intent of this bill.

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. 863 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair