THE SENATE |
S.C.R. NO. |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES' STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION.
WHEREAS, the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division serves to protect and preserve historic properties significant to Hawaii's history through several program areas; and
WHEREAS, under section 23-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Auditor may examine and inspect all accounts, books, records, files, papers, and documents and all financial affairs of every department, office, agency, and political subdivision; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2021, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Auditor is requested to conduct a performance audit of all the programs within the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the audit include but not be limited to:
(1) Whether State
Historic Preservation Division has adequate staffing and resources to conduct
timely project reviews;
(2) An evaluation of whether the review and response to submittals is
completed within the timeframes established by rule;
(3) Current project
review practices, including efforts to identify categorical exemptions,
historic properties and districts that should have special protections or
treatment, identification of types of sites that do not require permit review,
filing systems, and efforts to streamline processes such as the inadvertent
discovery process for burial sites;
(4) Record retention methodologies;
(5) Standardization of
monitoring protocols, including the establishment of cultural impact assessment
guidance;
(6) The actions,
initiatives, and performance of the State Historic Preservation Division to
address the existing project review backlog; and
(7) Any recommended improvements, including proposed legislation, to
update, redefine, or realign the State Historic Preservation Division's mission
and organization based on balancing cultural and historic preservation with the
State's evolving land development needs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2022; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor, Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and Administrator of the State Historic Preservation Division.
Audit; State Historic Preservation Division