STAND. COM. REP. NO.  89-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2891

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 2891 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PLANNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce economic dislocation and social instability in Hawaii's communities by developing a state land use plan that takes economic development into account, and provides development incentives for planned major economic development zones.

     The Office of Planning supported the intent of this bill.  The Honolulu City and County Department of Planning and Permitting submitted comments.

     Your Committee finds that the land use planning called for in this bill would help to guide this state toward a better future for our citizens.  However, your Committee defers to the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, which is better suited to address the issues raised by this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill to encourage further discussion, by changing its effective date to July 1, 2034.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2891, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2891, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair