STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1940-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2186

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2186, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND TRANSFER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Direct the conveyance of certain lands used for public schools and owned by the counties of Kauai and Maui, the State, and the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Education;

(2) Require legislative approval prior to the sale, gift, or alienation of the fee simple title to lands owned by the Department of Education; and

(3) Appropriate funds to the Department of Education to effectuate the transfer of the lands and to manage the real property.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education, Department of Budget and Finance, 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 S.B. No. 2186, S.D. 2, 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