STAND. COM. REP. NO.  866-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2872

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2872 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to extend its recreational-residence use leases in the Kokee and Waimea Canyon state parks for five years at an unspecified percentage increase.

     A member of the Kauai County Council and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DLNR and the Department of the Attorney General opposed this measure.  Many concerned individuals provided comments.

     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. 2872 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair