STAND. COM. REP. NO.  213-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3421

      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 Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 3421 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND USE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify that commercial projects developed on available Hawaiian home lands that are not used for homesteading purposes shall be developed in compliance with county zoning, subdivision, and other land use requirements.  This requirement shall apply to any portion of a multipurpose project that is not a homestead project.

     The City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting, the Hawaii County Council, the Hawaii County Planning Department, a member of the Maui County Council, United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 480, Kanaka Council Moku O Keawe, and numerous individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly opposed this measure.  Several individuals provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     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. 3421, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3421, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair