STAND. COM. REP. NO.  142

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 921

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 921 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LAND USE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to cultivate traditional Hawaiian culture as well as assist the agricultural industry by:

     (1)  Requiring counties to allow the construction of traditional Hawaiian hale, greenhouses, and sheds on land that is used for a farming operation without a building permit; and

     (2)  Establishes parameters for what constitutes a "traditional Hawaiian hale."

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 921 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committees on Agriculture and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair