STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1714

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.C.R. No. 29

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.C.R. No. 29 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU TO STUDY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT PLAN, FOR SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to study potential solutions for the legal and physical situation at Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City, Oahu, and make recommendations for a long-term management plan.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Pearl City Neighborhood Board No. 21 and nine individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Legislative Reference Bureau.

Your Committee finds that the company that owned Sunset Memorial Park involuntarily dissolved in 2006 and the company's owner passed away in 2011, leaving the property in legal limbo. As a result, Sunset Memorial Park has been in a state of disrepair and deterioration for many years, with little to no relief for the loved ones of those buried there.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requesting the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, rather than the Legislative Reference Bureau, to study potential solutions and make recommendations for a long-term management plan for Sunset Memorial Park; and

(2) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose; and

(3) 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 29, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 29, H.D. 1.

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

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair