STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2012-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2398

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

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. 2398, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Create the Pulehunui Community Development District to allow for planning, development, and maintenance of public lands in Pulehunui, Maui; and

(2) Amend the Hawaii Community Development Authority membership to include the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources; and director of the department of planning and permitting of each county, or their respective designees, in which a community development district is located.

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

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to upon approval; and

(2) 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2398, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2398, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair