STAND. COM. REP. NO. 196

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1068
                                        S.D. 1




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. 1068 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF BARBERS
     POINT NAVAL AIR STATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to expand the powers of the
Barbers Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment Commission
(Commission).

     Specifically, the measure:

     (1)  Empowers the Commission to provide interim utility
          service to recipients of lands conveyed by the U.S.
          Navy after the naval station is closed;

     (2)  Authorizes the Commission to establish committees and
          officers of the Commission as it deems necessary; and

     (3)  Makes housekeeping amendments to reflect the City and
          County of Honolulu's recent administrative
          reorganization.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's
Office of Planning and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.


 
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     Your Committee believes that the measure will provide the
Commission with the necessary powers to effectively carry out its
mandated purpose.

     Your Committee has amended the measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of conforming the
measure to recommended drafting style and to reflect existing
statutory language.

     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. 1068, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 1068, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

                                   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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