Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 536, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the counties to continue administering special management area permits and shoreline setback variances in certain community development districts.

County authority would continue in districts where the Hawaii Community Development Authority has not developed, and the Governor has not approved, a community development plan. In addition, this measure repeals the Hamakua community development district.

Your Committee finds that allowing the counties to continue administering the special management area and shoreline setback area in community development districts, until a community development plan takes effect, will ensure that permit approvals and variances are legitimately and consistently granted. Your Committee also finds that the high degree of cooperation demonstrated by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, the Hawaii Community Development Authority, and the Hilo-Hamakua Coordinating Committee has obviated the need for a Hamakua community development district.

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 H.B. No. 536, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.