STAND. COM. REP. NO. 781
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 689
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2017
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 689 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize a county fire department and building permitting agency to enter private property, upon reasonable notice to the owner or occupier, to investigate whether certain agricultural buildings that are exempted from building permit and building code requirements are in compliance with statutes that provide for the exemptions.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Ponoholo Ranch Limited.
Your Committee finds that active monitoring and enforcement regarding building permit and building code exemptions for certain agricultural buildings will ensure that applicable structures qualify for the exemptions and are being used for qualifying purposes.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Providing that an investigating county agency may apply to the district court for a warrant commanding police assistance if entry to applicable private property is refused after reasonable notice is given; and
(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments to conform with the foregoing for purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 689, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 689, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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________________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair |
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