STAND. COM. REP. NO.  671-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2845

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2845 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's (HHFDC) mission to provide workforce and affordable housing, by exempting the fee-simple resale of individual dwellings repurchased or foreclosed on by HHFDC, from the legislative approval requirements on transfers of public lands.

     HHFDC testified in support of this bill.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs opposed this measure.

     Your Committee finds that the units subject to this bill are on public lands that are non-ceded lands.  Although HHFDC has jurisdiction over ceded lands, including:

     (1)  Leialii on Maui;

     (2)  Waianae Community Development Project (Uluwehi) on Oahu;

     (3)  Waimanalo Village on Oahu;

     (4)  Hale Aupuni on Oahu;

     (5)  Kuliouou Valley House Lots on Oahu;

     (6)  Kaluaaha on Molokai; and

     (7)  Palolo Solar on Oahu,

your Committee finds that these ceded lands are specifically excluded from this bill.

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the exemption from the legislative approval requirements on transfers of public lands applies to the fee-simple resale of individual dwellings on public lands that are non-ceded lands, that are repurchased or foreclosed on by HHFDC;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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 H.B. No. 2845, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2845, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair