STAND. COM. REP. NO.  925-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2373

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2373 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR MOOKINI HEIAU,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to preserve the grounds of the Mookini Heiau by appropriating funds to install a full sprinkler system to cover the grassy area of the Mookini Heiau and the nearby Kamehameha birthsite.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Mo'okini Luakani, Inc., provided comments on this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation for the installation of the full sprinkler system to an unspecified amount;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 2373, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2373, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair