HI SCR60

Requests the Board of Land and Natural Resources Chairperson to convene a task force to investigate and make recommendations on managed shoreline retreat and coastal land acquisition in Hawaii

Task force comprises 10 members including representatives from state agencies, all four county mayors' offices, University of Hawaii geology professor, environmental attorney, and non-governmental land trust representative

Task force directed to evaluate feasibility of acquiring coastal lands abutting legacy beaches, identify responsible agency or entity for administering a coastal lands acquisition program, and determine funding mechanisms

Task force members serve without compensation and must submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the 2016 Regular Session convening

Task force dissolves on June 30, 2016