STAND. COM. REP. NO.  459

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 875

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 875 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase the number of qualified applicants for technical professional positions and reduce the backlog of project reviews by appropriating funds for five full-time equivalent (5.00 FTE) temporary student intern positions within the State Historic Preservation Division.  

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Pulama Lanai, and Historic Hawaii Foundation testified in support of this measure.

 

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

 

     (2)  Specifying that the funds shall be appropriated from an unspecified special fund; and

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050 to encourage further discussion.

 

     Should your Committee on Finance deliberate on this measure, your Committee respectfully requests inserting an appropriation amount of $204,000 for the five positions established.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 875, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 875, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair