STAND. COM. REP. NO. 12

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 448

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 448 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the data requirements for recording land, other than fee-simple time share interests, in the Bureau of Conveyances upon deregistration of the land from the Land Court. This measure specifies that applications submitted to the Bureau of Conveyances to deregister land must include a map and description prepared by a licensed professional surveyor.

The Hawaii Land Surveyors Association and four individuals submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and one individual submitted comments.

Your Committee acknowledges testimony by the Land Surveyors Association and the Department of Land and Natural Resources that these parties are currently engaged in productive discussions on this measure. Your Committee encourages these stakeholders to continue their cooperation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 448, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 448, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair