STAND. COM. REP. NO. 324-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2573
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred
H.B. No. 2573 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SPECIAL FUNDS OF THE LAND
     DIVISION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to deposit moneys collected from
lessees of public lands within industrial parks into the Special
Land and Development Fund and to authorize the transfer of fees
and fines pursuant to chapter 183C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, into
the Special Land and Development Fund.  This bill also abolishes
the Industrial Park Special Fund and transfers the fund balance
and liabilities to the Special Land and Development Fund.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR)
testified in support of this bill.

     No testimony in opposition to the bill was received.

     Your Committee finds that in response to the current fiscal
condition of the State and the need to generate general fund
savings, DLNR is proposing to convert its Land Division operating
budget, including all personnel, from general to special funds.
This bill makes the statutory changes necessary to implement this
plan and accompanies the Administration's budget request to
convert this program to special funds.
 

 
 
 
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     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. 2573 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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