STAND. COM. REP. NO. 977

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1409
                                        H.D. 2




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred H.B. No. 1409, H.D. 2, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to enable the Land Use
Commission to assess fees to recoup some of its costs.

     Specifically, the measure enables the Land Use Commission to
assess fees for:

     (1)  Court reporter expenses; and

     (2)  Other hearing expenses.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Land Use Commission.

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 1409, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

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



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                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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