STAND. COM. REP. NO.  474-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2384

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2384 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Land Use Commission, upon request, to extend for at least two years the time period by which a petitioner must comply with conditions imposed as part of its approval of a district boundary amendment, if the appropriate county officer or state agency determines that the petitioner has substantially commenced development.

The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  The Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Additionally allowing an extension of time if the appropriate county officer or state agency determines that other good cause exists for the extension;

     (2)  Removing the provision limiting the number of petitions for extension that may be filed; and

     (3)  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 Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2384, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2384, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair