STAND. COM. REP. NO. 414

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1184
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
H.B. No. 1184 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SPECIAL LAND AND
     DEVELOPMENT FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve land management by
authorizing the deposit of fees, fines, and other administrative
charges collected under chapter 171, into the Special Land and
Development Fund and by restoring legislative oversight to the
uses of the fund.  

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill
from the Board of Land and Natural Resources.  

     Your Committee finds that deposit of fees, fines, and other
administrative charges collected under chapter 171, into the
Special Land and Development Fund will allow for greater degree
of fiscal self-sufficiency by the department's land management
operations.  In addition, when passing Act 106, Session Laws of
Hawaii 1997, an inadvertent change was made which restricted the
legislature's oversight of the uses of the fund.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water and Land Use that is attached to this report,
your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 1184 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
referred to the Committee on Finance.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water and Land
                                   Use,



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                                   Romy M. Cachola, Chair