STAND. COM. REP. NO.  181-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 956

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. 956 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL SHORELINE ENCROACHMENT EASEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to give the Board of Land and Natural Resources the discretionary authority to set values and grant easements for structures that were, at the time of construction, authorized by an appropriate regulatory agency and located landward of the shoreline within the record boundary of an oceanfront property but, over time, have become located seaward of the shoreline because of the dynamic nature of the shoreline.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Planning provided comments.

     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. 956 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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