STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 463-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 3030

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 3030 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Adjust the ceiling of the Bureau of Conveyances Special Fund (Special Fund); and

(2) Use moneys in the Special Fund to add nine full-time staff positions to the Bureau of Conveyances.

The Board of Land and Natural Resources offered comments. The Hawaii Association of Realtors opposed this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3030 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

		____________________________ EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair