STAND. COM. REP. NO.  969

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 949

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 949 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to stimulate and support commercial development on Hawaiian home lands that benefits neighboring residents and the economy, by authorizing the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) to lease Hawaiian home lands for terms of up to 99 years for commercial land developments.

 

     The Small Business Regulatory Review Board; Diversified Equity Investment Corporation; Central Pacific Bank; Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; DeBartolo Development; D. Otani Produce, Inc.; Waimanalo Hawaiian Homes Association; Pacific Resource Partnership; K. Taniguchi, Ltd.; Malu'ohai Residents' Association; and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  A concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure.  The Hawaiian Homes Commission and DHHL provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Deleting language that establishes a new section to Title 2 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, that would grant DHHL the authority to negotiate and extend commercial leases for aggregate lease terms of up to 99 years and granting this same authority through amending currently existing sections of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; 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. 949, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 949, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair