STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1176-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 3071

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 3071, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF MAKAI LANDS OF KAPUA IN SOUTH KONA ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in consultation with The Trust for Public Land, to engage in negotiations to acquire the makai lands of Kapua in South Kona.

Aha Moku Advisory Committee, The Trust for Public Land, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of the measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting the requirement that the Department of Land and Natural Resources consult with The Trust for Public Land; and

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

     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 S.B. No. 3071, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3071, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair