STAND. COM. REP. NO. 668-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 2759
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2759 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF LAND IN PUPUKEA-PAUMALU, OAHU,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to purchase 1,110 acres of land in the Pupukea-Paumalu area on Oahu.
The North Shore Community Land Trust, North Shore Catamaran Charters, Vietnam Veterans V.F.W. Post 10583, Trust for Public Land, Hawaii Audubon Society, Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter, Life of the Land, and numerous individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) supported the intent of the measure.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the number of acres to be purchased from 1,110 to 1,129 to accurately reflect the parcel size;
(2) Requiring DLNR to consider protection of the agricultural and conservation uses of the parcel when determining the best option to purchase the Pupukea-Paumalu area;
(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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 H.B. No. 2759, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2759, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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