STAND. COM. REP. NO. 582-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1827

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. 1827 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PULEHUNUI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the Pulehunui Community Development District on the island of Maui.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Hawaii Community Development Authority. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that public lands in Pulehunui, Maui, are underutilized and that redeveloping, renovating, or improving these public lands for suitable recreational, residential, educational, industrial, governmental, and commercial uses and opportunities is in the best interest of the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) In order to avoid potential constitutional issues, deleting all amendments pertaining to changes in membership and reassignment of certain duties of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (Authority);

(2) Establishing the Pulehunui Community Development District Board (Board) to manage the Pulehunui Community Development District, rather than the Authority;

(3) Granting to the Board the powers granted to the Authority under chapter 206E, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

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

(5) 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. 1827, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1827, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair