STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3190

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3133

S.D. 1

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. 3133, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC LANDS BY NEGOTIATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to expedite the lease of public lands to establish long-term revenue streams.

Specifically, this measure makes leases for commercial, industrial, and hotel or resort purposes eligible for disposition by negotiation.

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

Your Committees received written comments in opposition to this measure from Sierra Club of Hawaii, Pono Hawaii Initiative, Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, Kupuna for the Moopuna, UNITE HERE Local 5, Uprooted and Rising, and twenty-seven individuals.

Your Committees find that leases disposed of by negotiation pursuant to this measure would be subject to approval by the Board of Land and Natural Resources in an open, public meeting that would offer members of the public, including any potential competing parties, the opportunity to review the proposed lease and provide testimony to the Board.

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. 3133, S.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Third Reading.

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

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair