STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1547

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 504

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 504, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to address the issues surrounding historic residences by requiring the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to conduct a survey on properties eligible for listing on the Hawaii Register of Historic Places and submit a report to the Legislature.

 

     The Historic Hawaii Foundation supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; and the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology commented on this measure.

 

     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 S.B. No. 504, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair