STAND. COM. REP. NO.  146

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1433

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1433 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require sufficient notice to commanding officers of military installations in the State of pending land use petitions or zoning applications within certain designated distances from a military installation. 

Your committee finds that this notice will:

     (1)  Afford the commanding officer an opportunity to raise any concerns the commanding officer may have about urban encroachment on the military installation that could adversely affect the effectiveness and preparedness of the installation, and the training of troops; and

     (2)  Allow the commanding officer to participate in any public hearings or contested case proceedings.

     Your Committee has received testimony in support of this measure from the state Department of Defense and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was received from the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1433 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair