STAND. COM. REP. NO.  942

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1469

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1469, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote redevelopment of public lands that contain dilapidated or deteriorating improvements or infrastructure by establishing procedures for designating redevelopment districts and for planning, funding, and implementing non-residential development in these districts.  To this end, this measure removes prohibitions on extending lease terms for public land leases, both within and outside of designated redevelopment districts.

The Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency; Hawaii County Councilmember from District 3; Kanoelehua Industrial Area Association; Hawaii Planing Mill, Ltd. Dba HPA Building Supply; Kadota Liquor; Hawaii Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust; and four individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, League of Women Voters, Common Cause Hawaii, and Sierra Club of Hawaii testified in opposition.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Budget and Finance, and Hawaii Tourism Authority provided comments.

     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. 1469, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair