STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2927

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2186

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2186, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide the Department of Education with greater efficiency in developing its properties.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Requires that various parcels of land be transferred to the Department of Education;

(2) Requires that the Legislature approve any sale or gift of Department of Education lands; and

(3) Appropriates funds to effectuate the land transfers.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from Kupuna for the Mo'opuna.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that efforts by the Department of Education to redevelop its existing facilities and construct new facilities have encountered permitting and entitlement delays due to titles for land under certain public schools not being in the name of the Department of Education. Your Committee further finds that the land transfers resulting from this measure will help to ensure timely construction of educational facilities.

In response to concerns highlighted in written comments submitted on this measure, the Committee wishes to draw attention to the additional protections on the sale of state lands provided by section 171-64.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2186, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2186, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair