STAND. COM. REP. NO.  694-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1730

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1730, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit any member of the Land Use Commission from voting on a matter before the Commission if the member has a conflict of interest.

Life of the Land testified in support of this measure with amendments.  An individual provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 7, 2059, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion; and

     (2)  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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1730, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1730, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair