STAND. COM. REP. NO.  130-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2904

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2904 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTY GENERAL PLANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of county general and development plans to serve as, or replace county regulatory process.

     The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Maui Contractors Association, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2904 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair