STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1187

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 270

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 270, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COUNTIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to reduce costs and avoid the unnecessary expenditure of time and resources for the counties and requestors of easements by eliminating the public auction requirement in the disposition of easements.

     Your Committee finds that, although the counties receive many requests for easements that only benefit the requester, the counties are required to set up public auctions even after obtaining county council approvals for the easements.  Your Committee further finds that the elimination of the public auction requirement will do away with a timely, costly, and unnecessary process in the granting of easements.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 270, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair