CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 233-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2288

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2288, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to facilitate the transfer of a parcel of land from a state agency to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

Specifically, the measure:

(1) Requires the state agency holding a fee simple interest in the parcel of land designated as TMK (1) 3-2-030-002-0000-000 to transfer the fee simple interest in the parcel to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; and

(2) Appropriates moneys for condemnation proceedings to transfer relevant land from the University of Hawaii to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

Your Committee on Conference notes that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands maintains a waitlist of more than twenty-eight thousand beneficiaries who qualify for homestead leases. Your Committee on Conference finds that the land transfer authorized by this measure will help the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to create additional housing inventory to reduce this waitlist and provide housing to more native Hawaiians.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Establishing that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is authorized, rather than mandated, to negotiate with the state agency holding title to the parcel of land designated as TMK (1) 3-2-030-002-0000-000 to transfer the fee simple interest in the parcel to the Department;

(2) Deleting the appropriation; and

(3) Making the measure effective upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2288, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2288, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM Chair	____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair
____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO Co-Chair	____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA Co-Chair
____________________________ GLENN WAKAI Co-Chair	____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA Co-Chair
	____________________________ PATRICK PIHANA BRANCO Co-Chair