STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1600-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2082

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2082, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1)  Clarify that the fee schedule in Section 501-218, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is not intended to be a comprehensive schedule of all fees payable under Chapter 501, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to land court registration; and

(2)  Authorize the Hawaii Supreme Court, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Department of Accounting and General Services, by rule, to revise, amend, add to, or eliminate fees for services provided by the Land Court, Bureau of Conveyances, or State Land Surveyor.

The Judiciary, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Department of Accounting and General Services supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity 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 S.B. No. 2082, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2082, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair