Bill Text: HI HB224 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Historic Preservation; Archaeological Activity; Permits; Fees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB224 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB224-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  195

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 224

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 224 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support historic preservation in Hawaii by, among other things:

 

     (1)  Establishing a special account within the Hawaii Historic Preservation Special Fund to be known as the Archaeological Permit Special Account (Special Account), to which will be credited all archaeological permit fees collected;

 

     (2)  Requiring that moneys credited to the Special Account first be used to cover the administrative and operational costs of managing the archaeological permit system; and

 

     (3)  Requiring the Board of Land and Natural Resources to amend appropriate administrative rules to increase archaeological permit fees from the current rate of $50 to at least $1,000 and to specify that the archaeological permit fees must be deposited into the Special Account.

 

     Papa Ola Lokahi supported this bill.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology opposed this bill.  A concerned individual submitted comments.

 

     After careful consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by, among other things:

 

     (1)  Phasing in the increase in archaeological permit fees as follows:

 

          (A)  From $50 to $500 for the period from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012; and

 

          (B)  From $500 to $1,000 beginning on January 1, 2013;

 

     (2)  Exempting persons who conduct archaeological activities for strictly educational purposes or community benefit from the increase in the archaeological permit fee; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 224, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 224, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair