STAND. COM. REP. NO.  829

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 419

      H.D. 1

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. 419 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote and sustain recreational and educational land uses by:

     (1)  Allowing the Board of Land and Natural Resources to acquire private property adjacent to public land through gifting or exchange; and

     (2)  Exempting the acquired lands from the requirements of conservation district, land use, coastal zone management, and county zoning and subdivision laws, if the acquired land is dedicated to recreational and educational uses in conjunction with adjoining public lands.

     The Royal Order of Kamehameha Ekahi, Moku o Kona Chapter, supported this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism supported the intent of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 419, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 419, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

____________________________

KEN ITO, Chair