STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1030

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 

 

RE:     S.B. No. 798

        S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 798 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to digitize the State Historic Preservation Division's records, files, and other materials.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii.

 

Your Committee finds that appropriating moneys for the State Historic Preservation Division's digitization efforts will help the division improve its status as a recipient of federal funds so that it is no longer considered "high risk."

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 798, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 798, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair