STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1054-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.C.R. No. 51
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 51 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO ALLOW CERTAIN REMNANT LAND TO BE USED BY THE HOMELESS FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request:
(1) The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to conduct a survey of all unencumbered agriculturally designated public lands; and
(2) The Board of Land and Natural Resources to authorize the use of remnant parcels of public land by the homeless for agricultural purposes.
DLNR opposed this measure.
Your Committee heard testimony that DLNR currently may work with agencies and organizations to use certain lands for homeless shelters as well as for agricultural use. However, there is no known program that facilitates this task. Your Committee would like this measure to receive further discussion and hopes that others in the community will offer suggestions and ideas on how such a program would operate.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 51 and recommends that it be referred to the Committees on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs and Agriculture.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Housing,
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____________________________ MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair |
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