STAND. COM. REP. NO.  466

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 617

      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 Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 617 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND RECORDATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to simplify the property descriptions used to describe land that has been deregistered from Hawaii's land court system.

Title Guaranty of Hawaii, Inc., Hawaii Land Title Association, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  Several individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  One individual commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage future 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. 617, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 617, 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