STAND. COM. REP. NO. 223

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1348

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1348 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STADIUM DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure the responsible development of the Stadium Development District by:

(1) Revising the membership and development guidance policies for the Stadium Authority;

(2) Clarifying the roles between the Stadium Authority and Hawaii Community Development Authority;

(3) Authorizing the Stadium Authority to hold title to real property;

(4) Establishing a Stadium Development Special Fund;

(5) Exempting land to which the Stadium Authority holds title from the definition of "public land"; and

(6) Amending the general bond authorization enabled through Act 268, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Stadium Authority, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Hawaii Laborers and Employers Cooperation and Education Trust Fund, Pacific Resource Partnership, Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund, Hawai‘i Construction Alliance, Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association Local 630, Hawaii Laborers' Union Local 368, and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Hawaii Community Development Authority, University of Hawai‘i System, and League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that effective development of the Stadium Development District is crucial to the State, however, further clarification of the roles and collaboration between the Stadium Authority and the Hawaii Community Development Authority in the district is necessary as this measure progresses.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Stadium Authority has the power to construct within the Stadium Development District;

(2) Removing the provisions that exempted the Stadium Authority from the public notice, public hearing, and gubernatorial approval requirements in establishing or amending fees or charges to be deposited into the Stadium Development Special Fund;

(3) Specifying that the Stadium Authority shall enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Hawaii Community Development Authority regarding the implementation responsibilities of the respective agencies;

(4) Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1348, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1348, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair