STAND. COM. REP. NO. 470

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 636

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 636 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make minor housekeeping amendments to section 502-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the recording of documents with the Bureau of Conveyances. 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will clarify the language of section 502-33 and bring it into conformity with standard legislative drafting conventions. 

     Your Committee also heard S.B. No. 637, relating to the Department of Land and Natural Resources and received testimony in support of that measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Written testimony on S.B. No. 637 presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website. 

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by adding the contents of S.B. No. 637, which also makes housekeeping amendments relating to the recording of documents with the Bureau of Conveyances.  Your Committee has incorporated the language of S.B. No. 637 into this measure for the purpose of legislative efficiency since both measures consist of housekeeping amendments needed to clarify existing language regarding the registration and recordation of documents with the Bureau of Conveyances.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 636, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 636, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair