STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3184

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2583

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2583, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to exempt from the definition of public lands, the non-ceded lands set aside by the Governor to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

Your Committees received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

Your Committees received written comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committees find that this measure will allow the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to treat all non-ceded lands under its control in the same manner, which will streamline the construction approval process and assist in building affordable housing units in the State.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2583, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2583, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary,

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair