STAND. COM. REP. NO. 138-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2539

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2539 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PLANNED COMMUNITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require a notice and public hearing by the counties when a parcel of land included within a community master plan is proposed for sale and intended to be used for a purpose other than as proposed in the community master plan.

The Royal Kunia Community Association and one individual testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2539, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2539, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair