STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 60
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: H.B. No. 1140
H.D. 1
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Madame:
Your Committee on Human Services & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 1140 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ON DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES LANDS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Appropriate
funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the removal of
homeless encampments on state lands under the Department's control; and
(2) Beginning with fiscal biennium 2027-2029, require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to include line-item funding to cover the clean-up costs associated with homeless encampments on its lands in the Department's annual budget request.
Your Committee finds that homeless
encampments on public lands managed by the Department of Land and Natural
Resources pose significant challenges, including environmental degradation,
public health hazards, and increased cleanup costs. These encampments are found in high-traffic
areas such as Diamond Head State Monument, wildlife sanctuaries, harbors, and
unencumbered lands across the islands. To
ensure the Department of Land and Natural Resources can continue encampment
cleanups without diverting critical operational resources, this measure
provides dedicated funding for the cleanup and restoration of Department-managed
lands.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $2,500,000.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1140, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1140, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Water & Land.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Homelessness,
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____________________________ LISA MARTEN, Chair |
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