STAND. COM. REP. NO. 88

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 288

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. 288 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE IN HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require lot owners in subdivisions other than planned communities to pay for the repair and maintenance of subdivision roads through assessments determined and collected by an entity authorized by the majority of lot owners, an entity approved by a court, or the applicable county. This measure also requires each county to provide oversight and management services to the assessing entities within the respective county.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from several individuals.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

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

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. 288, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 288, 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