STAND. COM. REP. NO.  873-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2398

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2398, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Honokohau Marina Development District on the island of Hawaii.

 

     An individual supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Kona Hawaiian Civic Club, and two individuals opposed this measure.  The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, the Department of Budget and Finance, and the Hawaii Community Development Authority commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the Honokohau Marina Development District is under the Hawaii Community Development Authority;

 

     (2)  Deleting the requirement that of the three additional members appointed to the Hawaii Community Development Authority representing the Honokohau Marina Development District, the member that represents Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park must also be a cultural practitioner;

 

     (3)  Deleting the Honokohau Marina Development Revolving Fund; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2398, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2398, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair