STAND. COM. REP. NO.847-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2667
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water and Land Use, to which was referred S.B. No. 2667 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to broaden the authority of the Board of Land and Natural Resources to lease public lands for historic preservation and restoration projects by deleting the requirement that the lands may be leased for urban projects.
Hawaii's Thousand Friends testified in support of this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) supported this bill with amendments.
This measure will provide DLNR with greater flexibility when working with State-owned historic properties. DLNR will be able to consider historic preservation efforts in awarding public land leases. This will be useful for leasing fish ponds, taro loi lands, and rural historic buildings.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Exempting DLNR from the public notice and hearing requirements of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that would otherwise be necessary to conform Title 13, subtitle 10, chapter 223, Hawaii Administrative Rules, to the amendments of this measure. This exemption will save DLNR the cost of advertising and public meetings as well as staff time; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct technical drafting errors.
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 intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2667, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2667, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land Use,
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____________________________ EZRA KANOHO, Chair |
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