Bill Text: HI SB1143 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Historic Preservation Officer; Qualifications

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB1143 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB1143-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 552

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1143

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Economic Development and Technology and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1143 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the State Historic Preservation Officer to possess professional qualifications in specific fields of study and to have professional experience with historic preservation in Hawaii.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, the Historic Hawaii Foundation, and the Society of Hawaiian Archaeology.  Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committees find that establishing uniform standards and practices in appointing the State Historic Preservation Officer that are consistent with the guidelines established by the United States Secretary of the Interior ensures that individuals appointed to the position carry out the objectives of the position in a successful manner.  Your Committees also find that requiring the State Historic Preservation Officer to meet the standards and qualifications set forth by the United States Secretary of the Interior will facilitate the officer in overcoming and addressing the many challenges and obstacles faced on a daily basis.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion on this measure; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development and Technology and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1143, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1143, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development and Technology and Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair		____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair