STAND. COM. REP. NO. 628-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2762
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2762 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ISLAND BURIAL COUNCILS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to explicitly state that
Department of Land and Natural Resources records relating to the
location and description of historic sites and burials are to be
kept confidential if deemed sensitive by a burial council or
Hawaii historic places review board.

     Testimony in support of this bill was provided by the Board
of Land and Natural Resources and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
The University of Hawaii Environmental Center testified in
support of the intent of this bill.

     Your Committee finds that protection of historic sites from
desecration provides a legitimate basis to prohibit public
disclosure of specific locations and descriptions of burial
sites.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2762 and recommends that it pass Third
Reading.


 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair