HSCR505

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 505

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1056

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1056 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume review of the effect of any proposed project on historic properties or burial sites for lands under its jurisdiction.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Chief Housing Officer, Office of the Governor; Department of Land and Natural Resources; and Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Your Committee finds that under existing law, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is required to consult with the Department of Land and Natural Resources regarding the effect of any proposed project relating to lands under the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' jurisdiction on historic properties or burial sites while still receiving a historic preservation review by a qualified preservation officer. Streamlining this process by allowing the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assume review of these projects, as intended by this measure, will allow the construction of these proposed projects to be expedited.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting language requiring the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to provide written notice to the Department of Land and Natural Resources regarding:

(A) The hiring of a qualified preservation officer;

(B) A description of procedures that will be employed to ensure all reports, maps, and documents will be provided to the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and

(2) Inserting language requiring the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to consult with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the appropriate island burial council;

(3) Including projects located in a designated historic district as projects for which the Department of Land and Natural Resources retains review authority;

(4) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1056, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1056, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair