STAND. COM. REP. NO. 267

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 796
                                     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. 796 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to effectuate its title.  

     Your Committee has amended the bill to add the substantive
contents so that a public hearing may be held on its substantive
contents.  

     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 action to report out H.B.
No. 796, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted
to the Committee on Water and Land Use, for the purpose of
holding a public hearing thereon, in the form attached hereto as
H.B. No. 796, H.D. 1.
                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Water and Land
                                   Use,



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                                   Romy M. Cachola, Chair