STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1207

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 562

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 562, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMITS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish an exemption from applicable county permit requirements for repetitive construction projects for facilities under the control of the Department of Education, University of Hawaii, or School Facilities Authority; and

(2) Specify that no contract for repetitive construction is exempt from federal, state, or county laws pertaining to flood plain management development standards.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Education, and School Facilities Authority.

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. 562, H.D. 1, 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