STAND. COM. REP. NO.  439-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2604

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2604 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that acceptance by the Territorial Legislature or the Legislature of a dedication of land by a private owner is sufficient to convey title to the State.

Several individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided testimony in opposition.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Specifying that the dedication of land be in the Kakaako Community Development District; and

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2604, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2604, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair