Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 86, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to change the manner in which some of the members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) are selected by replacing two of the four at-large members of HCDA with two members who shall be selected:

HCDA submitted comments on this bill.

Presently, all four at-large members of the HCDA are appointed by the Governor. This bill provides that:

(2) Two members shall be appointed by the Governor:

Furthermore, in the event of a vacancy in either of these two positions, a replacement shall be selected in the same manner--from a list of three nominees submitted by either the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President of the Senate, as the case may be.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 86, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.