STAND. COM. REP. NO.  639-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2923

      H.D. 2

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. 2923, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to maximize the economic viability of businesses that lease Hawaiian Home Lands for commercial, industrial, business, and multipurpose projects by authorizing Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) to extend the leases for 34 years upon a development agreement to improve the leased land.

     The Hawaiian Homes Commission and DHHL testified in support of this bill.

     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 consistency, clarity, 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. 2923, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2923, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair