STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1587-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 3154

S.D. 1

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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3154, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REGULATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that failure to comply with agreed-upon archaeological mitigation commitments, conduct an archaeological inventory survey, or comply with other requirements pertaining to archaeological activities approved by the Department of Land and Natural Resources will result in civil and administrative violations.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that this measure will allow the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division to impose civil and administrative penalties for archaeological violations, even if those violations do not result in demonstrable damage to historic property, archaeological resources, or burial sites.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3154, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair