STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1007

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                   

 

RE:     S.B. No. 1254

        S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1254, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KAIWI COAST,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the Kaiwi Coast State Park.

 

     More specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Designates lands within the Kaiwi Coast State Park as conservation land to be preserved in perpetuity in a wild and natural state;

 

     (2)  Designates certain lands within the Kaiwi State Scenic Shoreline as the Kaiwi Coast State Park;

 

     (3)  Establishes full-time positions within the Department of Land and Natural Resources to support proper land and parks management at the Kaiwi Coast and other areas; and

 

     (4)  Appropriates moneys for the establishment, planning, and design of the Kaiwi Coast State Park and Maunalua-Makapuu scenic byway improvements.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Friends of Hanauma Bay; Hawaii Bicycling League; Ka Iwi Coalition; Livable Hawaii Kai Hui; Sierra Club of Hawaii; Surfrider Foundation, Hawaii Region; and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     Your Committee finds that establishing the Kaiwi Coast State Park and requiring that park lands remain undeveloped in perpetuity will help to ensure that the Kaiwi Coast's ecological and cultural character remains intact for current and future generations.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1254, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1254, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair