STAND. COM. REP. NO. 198

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1080
                                        




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 S.B. No. 1080 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
     DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is repeal the sunset date for
section 206E-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), relating to
developments within special management areas and shoreline
setback.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and
Tourism and Hawaii Community Development Authority.

     Section 206E-8.5, HRS, requires that all requests for
developments within a special management area and shoreline
setback variances for development on any lands within a community
development district be submitted and reviewed by the Office of
Planning.  Your Committee believes that this provision is
necessary and effective to preserve and enhance Hawaii's
shorelines, particularly the Kakaako Waterfront.

     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 S.B. No. 1080 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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