STAND. COM. REP. NO. 27-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1670

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. 1670 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND USE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a Boundary Review Committee within the Land Use Commission to promptly and efficiently resolve boundary disputes brought before the Commission.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Land Use Commission.

Your Committee finds that boundary disputes brought before the entire Land Use Commission are burdensome for the Commission and parties involved. This measure will streamline disputes over boundary interpretations and promote efficiency in government.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2) 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. 1670, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1670, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair