Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1281, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to exempt lands held by the High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) from chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), which provides, among other things, that public lands be managed, administered, and controlled by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), unless the lands are specifically exempted in section 171-2, HRS.

HTDC submitted testimony in support of this bill. DLNR submitted comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1281, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.