STAND. COM. REP. NO. 284-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1436

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1436 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to expand the authority of the counties to regulate the transfer of development rights to protect areas vulnerable to sea level rise, coastal erosion, storm surge, and flooding, thereby facilitating the potential movement of development away from at-risk areas to locations more appropriate for development.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development and one member of the Maui County Council.

Your Committee finds that this measure adds an important voluntary tool to the range of tools that are needed to better manage vulnerable coastal and low-lying lands and avoid loss of life and property due to the hazards posed by climate change.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending section 46-161, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to codify the legislative intent and purpose of this measure;

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

(3) 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. 1436, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1436, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair