STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3392

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2568
                                        H.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2568, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE PARKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish a new State Parks
Special Fund to replace the existing 'Aina Ho'omalu Special Fund.

     Your Committee finds that the broader scope of permissible
expenditures for the new State Parks Special Fund will allow the
most basic needs of our neglected parks to get priority funding.
In contrast, the 'Aina Ho'omalu Special Fund was created to
support interpretive programs, focusing on "Parks of Distinction"
within the State Parks Division.  The economic condition of the
State in recent years and the restricting aspect of the 'Aina
Ho'omalu Special Fund has had a negative impact on resources
available for the park system throughout the State.  This bill
will allow consideration of the needs of all parks in the state
park system.

     It is your Committee's intent that funds in the new State
Parks Special Fund shall be expended exclusively for state parks.
Accordingly, your Committee is directing the Department of Land
and Natural Resources to submit a report to the Legislature on
how the funds are expended.  The report should be submitted to

 
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the Legislature twenty days before the convening of the Regular
Session of 2001.

     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 H.B. No.
2568, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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