STAND. COM. REP. NO. 892-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1658

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1658, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Agriculture, prior to any transfer of certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands, to request from the Department of Land and Natural Resources any information related to the establishment of necessary and reasonable easements upon the lands.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Farm Bureau, Local Food Coalition, and Ulupono Initiative. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Kapapala Ranch. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Agriculture; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; and one individual.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1658, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair