Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2476, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to regulate State-controlled lands by, among other things:

The Makakilo/Kapolei/Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board No. 34 and concerned individuals opposed this bill. The High Technology Development Corporation offered comments.

Prior to the public hearing, your Committee circulated and received testimony on a proposed draft (Proposed H.D. 2). The Proposed H.D. 2, specifically:

Numerous concerned citizens supported the Proposed H.D. 2. Save Our Kaka'ako Makai, Friends of Kewalo Basin Park Association, Save Our Kaka'ako Coalition, and numerous concerned individuals supported the Proposed H.D. 2 with an amendment. HCDA opposed the Proposed H.D. 2. The Hawaii Government Employees Association offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Substituting its contents with the Proposed H.D. 2; and

Your Committee notes suggestions to exclude properties under one acre in size and to remove leases from the new provisions, as well as questions raised about a potential discrepancy between provisions that exempt land dispositions in Kakaako Makai relating to the Reserved Housing Program from the requirement of legislative approval, while also expressly prohibiting residential projects on state lands in the same location. However, your Committee is advancing this bill for further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2476, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2476, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.