STAND. COM. REP. NO. 980

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1258

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1258, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require that the Department of Land and Natural Resources develop and implement a management system for the Kaena Point State Park, Makua, and Keawaula regions, subject to certain conditions.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaii State Aha Moku; Hawaii Iron Workers Stabilization Fund; Hydroponics Alternatives, LLC; Protectors of Paradise; and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop and implement an improved management system for the Kaena Point State Park, Makua, and Keawaula regions will help to ensure that these areas are protected and made safer for current and future generations.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is required to, among other things:

(A) Develop and implement an improved management system for the Kaena Point State Park, Makua, and Keawaula regions;

(B) Work with all parties having jurisdiction over the land and marine areas encompassed in the improved management system; and

(C) Determine whether proper measures have been employed to address and resolve certain issues;

(2) Clarifying the areas to which the Department of Land and Natural Resources is required to limit access; and

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

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 S.B. No. 1258, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1258, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair