STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2017

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2108
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs, to
which was referred S.B. No. 2108 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to direct the Auditor to
coordinate the resolution of the issues and controversies
surrounding the public land trust by facilitating the completion
of a comprehensive inventory of lands that comprise the public
land trust.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from Ka
Lahui Hawaii and the Hawaiian Political Action Council of Hawaii.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and a private citizen supported
the measure, subject to amendments.

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources testified that
it would cooperate with the Auditor.

     Your Committee finds that the Legislature has been asking
for a computerized, comprehensive public land trust inventory for
a decade.  Unfortunately, due to numerous reasons, no such
inventory currently exists.  Your Committee believes that placing
the coordination of public land trust inventory activities in the
hands of a neutral and well-respected entity such as the Auditor
would facilitate a more expeditious resolution to the problems
surrounding the public land trust.


 
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     Your Committee has amended the measure by:

     (1)  Including language that requires each parcel
          inventoried to be identified not only by tax map key
          number but also by the original source (such as Crown
          land, government land, or land acquired by lawful
          condemnation or gift) from which the land was obtained;
          and

     (2)  Including language that requires the inventory to
          account for ceded lands that were alienated by the
          Territory or State of Hawaii, including lands
          transferred to the counties and the University of
          Hawaii.

     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. 2108, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 2108, 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,



                                   ______________________________
                                   COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

 
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