STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3701

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2358

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2358, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make changes to provisions of law affecting land owned by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Excludes from the definition of "public lands" those lands set aside by the Governor to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority or lands to which the Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title in its corporate capacity; and

(2) Requires legislative approval of the sale or gift of lands set aside by the Governor to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority or lands to which the Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title in its corporate capacity.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Your Committee finds that failure to exempt those lands to which the Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title from the definition of "public lands" may unnecessarily delay Hawaii Public Housing Authority redevelopment projects, due to the need for the Board of Land and Natural Resources to review and take action on applicable land leases.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Excluding from the definition of "public lands" those lands to which the Department of Education, Hawaii State Public Library System, or Hawaii Health Systems Corporation holds title; and

(2) Requiring legislative approval for the sale or gift of lands owned by the Department of Education, Hawaii State Public Library System, or Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

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 H.B. No. 2358, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2358, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair