STAND. COM. REP. NO. 248

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1409
                                     H.D. 1




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. 1409 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Land Use Commission
to charge fees for court reporters and other types of fees to be
determined by the commission.  

     Your Committee received testimony as follows:

     1.   Land Use Commission, in support; and 

     2.   Hilo Reporters, offering comment.  

     Your Committee finds that the Land Use Commission has not
increased its fees in more than ten years and this bill will
allow the commission to recover more of their expenses.  

     Your Committee revised the bill by:  

     1.   Changing "court reporter fees" to "court reporter
          expenses"; 

     2.   Changing "any other fees" to "any other reimbursements
          for hearing expenses"; and 

     3.   Making technical, non-substantive changes for the
          purposes of style and clarity.  

     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.

 
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No. 1409, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1409, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   Romy M. Cachola, Chair