STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3693

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1928

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1928, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Pulehunui Community Development District on the island of Maui as a community development district within the authority of the Hawaii Community Development Authority;

(2) Authorize the Hawaii Community Development Authority to obtain various forms of financial aid from the federal government for projects of the Authority; and

(3) Appropriate funds for the development of the Pulehunui Community Development District and two full-time equivalent (2.00 FTE) positions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Public Safety, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Community Development Authority, Office of the Mayor of the County of Maui, and one member of the Maui County Council.

Your Committee finds that there are four underutilized parcels of public land located in Pulehunui that are appropriate for development. Investing in critical infrastructure through the development of these properties will provide significant opportunities for other state and county projects in the vicinity. This measure ensures that the redevelopment, renovation, and improvement of the underutilized public lands of Pulehunui will provide appropriate recreational, residential, educational, industrial, government services, and commercial development.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying findings related to the uses of public lands in the Pulehunui Community Development District to include industrial and government services;

(2) Clarifying provisions related to the authority of the Hawaii Community Development Authority in securing financial aid and the cooperation of the federal government;

(3) Inserting language that prohibits a county ordinance or county rule from requiring a developer of a multi-residential dwelling unit development to obtain the approval of any state agency, unless such approval is required under state law;

(4) Deleting language that would have appropriated funds for the development of the Pulehunui Community Development District and two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions;

(5) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2020; and

(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1928, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1928, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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KAIALI'I KAHELE, Chair