STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3132

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2249

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2249, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make it a civil and administrative violation for any person to engage in certain archaeological activities without obtaining the required permission or approval from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology.

 

     Your Committee finds that there is a persistent issue involving whether archaeological activities are being conducted in violation of existing law.  This measure addresses these issues by clarifying activities that are violations of current State law.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2249, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair