STAND. COM. REP. NO. 401

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 806

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 806 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Attorney General to institute proceedings on behalf of the Department of Education to acquire by voluntary action or by condemnation certain land owned by the Mililani Town Association.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

Your Committee finds that the Mililani Town Association owns parcels of land near Mililani High School. The school intends to use these parcels to provide an access ramp that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act for the benefit of students, staff, family members, and the general public. Your Committee notes that the Mililani Town Association has indicated that it is amenable to the State's acquisition of the land at issue.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 806 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair