STAND. COM. REP. NO. 262-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1985

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1985 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Board of Land and Natural Resources to provide an annual report to the Legislature with information regarding the value and status of resource value public lands held by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

The Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee, and an individual supported this measure. One individual provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1985, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1985, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________ KANIELA ING, Chair

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair