STAND. COM. REP. NO. 713
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2
S.D. 2
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 S.B. No. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LAND,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to facilitate the establishment of a comprehensive information system for inventorying and maintaining information about the lands of the public land trust described in section 5(f) of the Admission Act and article XII, section 4 of the Hawaii State Constitution.
Your Committee received comments on this measure from William J. Aila, Chairperson, Board of Land and Natural Resources; and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Your Committee finds that having an accurate inventory of public lands and their disposition is crucial to the successful management of the public land trust described in section 5(f) of the Admission Act and article XII, section 4 of the Hawaii State Constitution.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified sum;
(2) Clarifying the dates by which reports must be made to the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Legislature regarding land title and disposition;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the issue; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
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 S.B. No. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair |
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