STAND. COM. REP. NO. 356

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 75

       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. 75, 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 appropriate moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the development of a comprehensive inventory of historic properties and burial sites located in the State.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Historic Hawaii Foundation, International Archaeological Research Institute, Koolau Foundation, Niu Valley Community Association, Society for Hawaiian Archaeology, and three individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that by providing for a comprehensive inventory of historic properties and burial sites, this measure will help the State Historic Preservation Division to more effectively manage and protect the State's cultural and heritage resources.

 

     Your Committee notes that the Department of Land and Natural Resources suggested in its written comments in support of this measure that $750,000 per year for each allocation category may be appropriate to initiate the first phase of the multi-year effort to complete the statewide survey required by this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes 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. 75, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 75, 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