STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3905

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1434

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1434, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COUNTIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize counties, after adoption of an ordinance, to sell private property after all notices, orders, and appeal proceedings are exhausted and to use those revenues to pay unpaid civil fines related to that property.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, and three members of the Honolulu City Council. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals.

Your Committees find that currently, the counties have authority to use the non-judicial foreclosure process to collect on real property tax liens. However, many liens for civil fines go uncollected, and violators continue to break the law. This measure would extend the counties authority to use the non-judicial foreclosure process to collect on liens arising from certain civil fines relating to a property.

Your Committees have amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 30, 2075, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1434, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1434, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means,

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair