STAND. COM. REP. NO.  999-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 682

      S.D. 1

      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 Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 682, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KAKAAKO,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow certain lots in the makai area of Kakaako Community Development District to be developed for residential units and exempt from public facilities fees, provided that 20 percent of the units are designated for residents in the low- or moderate-income range.  

The Office of the Governor, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and General Contractors Association of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.  Friends of Kewalos, The Outdoor Circle, and several individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and several individuals commented on this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1)  Appropriately referring to Tax Map Key (1) 2-1-15-61 as follows:  Lot 4 as shown on the map filed with the State Bureau of Conveyances as File Plan 2335;

(2)  Making the approval of this measure contingent upon the Legislature approving the transfer of Lot 1 and Lot 4, as shown on the map filed with the State Bureau of Conveyances as File Plan 2471 and File Plan 2335, respectively, to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs by the passage of S.B. No. 2783 before the second regular session of the Twenty-sixth Legislature adjourns; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 682, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 682, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources and Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair

____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair