STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2695

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2529
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 2529, S.D. 1, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A LAND EXCHANGE IN NORTH
     KONA, HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize a land exchange
between public and private lands at Kiholo Bay, North Kona.

     Specifically, this bill approves an exchange of public lands
located inland of Kiholo Bay for private lands located along the
shoreline of Kiholo Bay.  This bill also repeals the authority to
enter into a land exchange on June 30, 2001.

     Your Committee finds that this exchange will bring
significant recreational, environmental, and cultural value to
the people of the State.  The State already owns the lands
surrounding the private parcel, and public acquisition of the
private parcel will consolidate public land holdings and
facilitate public access to the shoreline.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2529, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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