STAND. COM. REP. NO. 848-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2248

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2248, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEACH MANAGEMENT ON THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program to develop a north shore beach management and climate adaption plan for the North Shore of Oahu from Sunset Point to the Kapoʻo (Sharks Cove) area.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Surfrider Foundation, Hawaiʻi Region; and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Climate Resilience Collaborative.

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. 2248, H.D. 1, 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