STAND. COM. REP. NO. 907-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2332

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. 2332, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EASEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the exemption for the granting of easements on public lands from formal subdivision process and approval requirements, including requirements for surveying and formalizing easements.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Aquaculture and Aquaponics Association and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture and Department of Land and Natural Resources.

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. 2332, 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