Bill Text: HI HB1972 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Historic Preservation Program; Fees; Signage
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-21 - (H) Act 150, on 6/21/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). [HB1972 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1972-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3333
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1972
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1972, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify the basis for, and limit the amount of, fees charged for services rendered by the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
More specifically, the measure:
(1) Limits the fees charged by the comprehensive historic preservation program to those that are proportional to the complexity of the services being provided and which do not exceed the annual operating costs of the program; and
(2) Directs the Division to develop signage for the State's cultural and historical resources.
Written comments in support of this measure were submitted by the Historic Hawaii Foundation.
Your Committee finds that allowing the comprehensive historic preservation program to charge fees that reflect the nature of the services provided by the program would assist the historic preservation division in maintaining the viability of the comprehensive historic preservation program and in preserving Hawaii's unique cultural and architectural heritage. The historic preservation program is important to the perpetuation and preservation of the State's unique historic and cultural resources, which are vital to our quality of life, economic viability, and environmental sustainability.
Your Committee further finds that the State Historic Preservation Division is best qualified to develop signage for the State's historical and cultural resources, and accordingly, this duty should be delegated to the Division.
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 H.B. No. 1972, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair |
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