STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1265

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1141

      S.D. 2

      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 Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 1141, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enhance the long-term viability of businesses on Sand Island by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to offer parcels of Sand Island for sale or exchange to a leaseholder of the same parcel.

     The Sand Island Business Association supported this bill.  DLNR opposed this bill.  The Attorney General submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its 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 that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1141, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1141, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KEN ITO, Chair