STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1271
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: S.B. No. 414
S.D. 2
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 Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 414, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESTORING ACCESS TO DISASTER-AFFECTED AREAS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Require the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to institute proceedings to condemn certain lands in Lahaina to build a new access road from Keawe Street to the Kilohana and Kalaiola sites developed in the Villages of Leialii; and
(2) Appropriate funds out of the Major Disaster Fund for the appraisals and other preparations necessary to institute the condemnation proceedings.
Your Committee finds that improved infrastructure is essential to supporting the long-term redevelopment of Lahaina following the 2023 Maui wildfires. Establishing a new access road from Keawe Street to the new rental housing projects at the Kilohana and Kalaiola sites will ensure safe and efficient transportation for future residents and facilitate the development of permanent housing. This measure enables the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to acquire the necessary land and proceed with road construction, enhancing connectivity and community resilience in West Maui.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.
Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $250,000 to initiate the condemnation proceedings required to fulfill the intent of this measure.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 414, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 414, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Public Safety.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Housing,
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____________________________ LUKE A. EVSLIN, Chair |
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