STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1849

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 840

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 840 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KIKALA-KEOKEA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to award leases for the remaining nineteen lots at Kikala-Keokea to:

     (1)  Residents of Kalapana who have been living in Kalapana continuously for not less than six months at the time of their application;

     (2)  Previous residents of Kalapana who resided within Kalapana continuously for not less than six months; or

     (3)  Descendants of those residents of Kalapana who were dispossessed or displaced as a result of the volcanic eruptions on the island of Hawaii that began on January 3, 1983.

     DLNR, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii County Economic Opportunities Council, and Na Ohana o Kalapana supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 840, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 840, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair