STAND. COM. REP. NO. 854-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2679

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2679, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING THE TRANSFER OF LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist the Department of Education in its development of Twenty-First Century public schools by transferring fee interest in certain public school lands from the City and County of Honolulu and the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Education.

The Department of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this measure. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Parks and Recreation of the City and County of Honolulu, Board of Directors of the ‘Aina Haina Community Association, and a concerned individual opposed this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of the Attorney General provided comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2679, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair