STAND. COM. REP. NO.  96-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2565

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2565 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEMORIALS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Coastal Memorials Task Force to evaluate, develop standards, and make recommendations regarding the practice of erecting coastal memorials.

 

     The Mayor of Maui County and two individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Aha Moku Advisory Committee and Legislative Reference Bureau provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Including on the Coastal Memorials Task Force the Executive Director of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee or the Executive Director's designee; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.


 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2565, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2565, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water & Land.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair