STAND. COM. REP. NO.  507

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 377

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 377 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to encourage the development of traditional aquaculture techniques by requiring the Board of Land and Natural Resources (Board) to provide lease preferences for state land to developers of Hawaiian fishponds.

     The Kuliouou/Kalani Iki Neighborhood Board and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the lease preference is for the reconstruction, restoration, repair, or use of Hawaiian fishponds; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 377, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 377, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair