STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1435
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.C.R. No. 132
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 132 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LAND USE COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A TASK FORCE TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF GUIDELINES ON PERMITTED USES FOR SPECIAL PERMITS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to establish a task force to consider more precise guidelines for permitted uses of special permits. Specially, this measure, among other things:
(1) Specifies individuals and representatives that are requested to serve on the task force; and
(2) Requests the task force to consider certain issues in its review of the guidelines.
Hawaii's Thousand Friends supported this concurrent resolution. The Land Use Commission supported the intent of this measure. The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii and The Life of the Land offered comments.
Your Committees find that the lack of clear guidelines or specifically stated permitted or unpermitted uses may have a negative impact on agricultural and rural districts.
Your Committees have amended this concurrent by:
(1) Clarifying that the approval of the Land Use Commission is only required in cases where the land area is greater than 15 acres;
(2) Deleting the Chair of the Land Use Commission or the Chair's designee from being requested to serve on the task force;
(3) Requesting a representative of the State Office of Planning to serve on the task force;
(4) Requesting two persons representing landowners to serve on the task force;
(5) Clarifying that two persons representing the agricultural community and two persons representing the environmental community are requested to serve on the task force;
(6) Requesting a person representating the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Unversity of Hawaii at Manoa, to serve on the task force; and
(7) Making technical, nonsubstansive amendments for clarity, style, and consistency.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 132, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 132, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,
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____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair |
____________________________ FELIPE P. ABINSAY, JR., Chair |