STAND. COM. REP. NO.  584

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1621

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1621 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHWAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to identify who is responsible for the repair and maintenance of the 16 listed private lanes in Honolulu, Oahu, by directing the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to determine and identify the persons or entities that own the fee interest and any other property interest to those lanes.  

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DLNR opposed this measure.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1621 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 & Hawaiian Affairs,

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KEN ITO, Chair