STAND. COM. REP. NO.  850

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 515

      H.D. 3

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 515, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REMNANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that public lands that are currently deemed remnant parcels are treated and disposed of in a manner consistent with constitutional mandates by clarifying the defining elements and characteristics of and the restrictions on the disposition of remnant parcels.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this measure.  The Aha Moku Advisory Committee provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

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

     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 H.B. No. 515, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 515, H.D. 3.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair