STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1126

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 202

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 202, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract its review of proposed state projects, projects on privately owned historic property, and projects affecting historic properties to qualified third-party consultants if the Department will not be able to complete its review within sixty days.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Maui Chamber of Commerce and Building Industry Association of Hawaii. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Historic Hawai‘i Foundation; NAIOP Hawaii; and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 202, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair