STAND. COM. REP. NO.  380

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 117

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Energy & Environmental Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 117 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow for the expeditious processing and approval of minor development projects by increasing the valuation threshold for the review of minor projects within special management areas.

     The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaii Electric Light Company, Maui Electric Company, and Hawaiian Telcom supported this bill.  The Office of Planning supported the intent of this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and several concerned individuals opposed this bill.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Repealing the valuation thresholds for the review of minor projects within special management areas;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Energy & Environmental Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 117, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 117, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Energy & Environmental Protection,

____________________________ HERMINA MORITA, Chair

____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair