STAND. COM. REP. NO. 838-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2611

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2611, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Statutorily establish a Department of Land and Natural Resources transaction fee for each recording in the Bureau of Conveyances and Land Court to be used to increase the efficiency and productivity of the Bureau of Conveyances;

(2) Authorize the Board of Land and Natural Resources to adopt, amend, or repeal administrative fees, including transaction fees, for recordings in the Bureau of Conveyances and Land Court separate from the administrative rulemaking process;

(3) Amend the authorized uses of monies in the Bureau of Conveyances Special Fund; and

(4) Repeal language that required the Bureau of Conveyances' microfilm fees to be established by rules.

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 NAIOP Hawaii.

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 H.B. No. 2611, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair