STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1020

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 260

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 260 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPRAISALS OF RESOURCE VALUE LANDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to establish procedures for the appraisal of lands having natural, environmental, recreational, scenic, cultural, agricultural production, or historic value, and also park and trail systems that provide access to any such land.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Agricultural Research Center, Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, and Trust for Public Land supported this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 260 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair