HSCR1482

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1482

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2017

RE: H.C.R. No. 24

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.C.R. No. 24 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUBMITTING TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES ON A LAND EXCHANGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the review and approval of an action taken by the Board of Land and Natural Resources on a land exchange between the Parker Land Trust and the State of Hawaii.

The Department of Education, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Parker Ranch testified in support of this measure. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs commented on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure to reflect the contents of its companion measure, S.C.R. No. 30, S.D. 1. Specifically, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending its title to read as follows: "SUBMITTING TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES ON A LAND EXCHANGE";

2) Clarifying that a copy of the draft resolution was transmitted to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on September 23, 2016, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs does not oppose the land exchange; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 24, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 24, H.D. 1.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair