STAND. COM. REP. NO. 829-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2743
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2743, H.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the duplication of
efforts by government agencies in Hawaii's current land use
regulatory system by:

     (1)  Creating a public-private Land Use Planning Task Force
          (Task Force) to study and recommend constitutionally-
          acceptable structural changes to the Land Use
          Regulatory System; and

     (2)  Requiring, should the Task Force fail in its mission,
          the Legislative Auditor to submit a report to the
          Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2002,
          regarding:

          (a)  The Task Force's efforts;

          (b)  Duplicative governmental action concerning the
               enforcement of land use regulations where a land
               owner must obtain both State and county approval;
               and

          (c)  Recommendations and specific constitutionally-
               acceptable and statutory changes to eliminate such
               duplicative efforts.

 
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     The Land Use Commission, the Land Use Research Foundation of
Hawaii, and the Hawaii Business Roundtable testified in support
of the measure.  The Office of Planning, the Department of
Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, and
the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of the
intent of this measure.  The Environmental Center of the
University of Hawaii at Manoa and the Estate of James Campbell
submitted comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing all references to "commission" in the bill to
          "task force"; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity
          and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2743, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2743, H.D.
2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair