STAND. COM. REP. NO.  897-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2808

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. 2808 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KIKALA-KEOKEA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide the lessees of the Kikala-Keokea homestead an additional period of ten years to construct dwellings in order to comply with the terms of their long-term land leases with the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and several individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources commented on this measure.

     Your Committee notes that the Department of Land and Natural Resources has commented that although there is little development surrounding the Kikala-Keokea subdivision, the subdivision has the necessary infrastructure for lessees to proceed with construction of their dwellings because the State has spent more than $3,000,000 to construct county standard roads, county water lines installed to the edge of each lot, and electrical and telephone utilities in the subdivision.

     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. 2808 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair