STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1310-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 682

      S.D. 1

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 682, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KAKAAKO,"

begs 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.  This bill makes reference to S.B. No. 2783 Relating to The Public Trust Lands and the effective date of this bill is dependent upon the passage of that measure.

The Office of the Governor, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the General Contractors Association of Hawaii, and the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce testified in support of this measure.  Numerous individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs submitted commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 7, 2059, only if the legislature approves the transfer of lot 1 as shown on the map filed with the bureau of conveyances of the State of Hawaii as file plan 2471 and lot 4 as shown on the map filed with the bureau of conveyances of the State of Hawaii as file plan 2335, to the office of Hawaiian affairs by passing S.B. No. 2783 before the second regular session of the twenty-sixth legislature adjourns sine die.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 682, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 682, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair