STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3538

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2380

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

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. 2380, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISPOSITION WITHIN STATE BOATING FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Clarify that the leasing of fast lands and submerged lands is not restricted to the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor; and

(2) Recognize and address the risks of sea level rise.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to make a finding regarding certain sea level rise factors before leasing certain fast lands and submerged lands;

(2) Allows for legislative authorization of leases upon a showing of extraordinary circumstances necessitating the lease; and

(3) Repeals the fast lands and submerged lands lease requirements for the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from one concerned individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from one concerned individual.

Your Committee finds that leases of fast and submerged lands made pursuant to a request for proposals should be de-linked from the laws governing the lease of fast and submerged lands of the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor. Further, your Committee believes that requiring the Board of Land and Natural Resources to make a finding regarding sea level rise is an appropriate way of recognizing and addressing the risks of sea level rise.

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. 2380, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair