STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1427

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: S.B. No. 414

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 414, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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 appraisals and other preparations necessary to institute the condemnation proceedings.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; and Maui Chamber of Commerce. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that the emergency temporary housing for survivors of the 2023 Maui wildfires is constructed above existing residential subdivisions. Your Committee further finds that significant community concern exists about increased traffic and congestion in these areas. Your Committee also finds that this measure would enhance transportation efficiency and public safety.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requiring the Department of Transportation, rather than the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, to institute the condemnation proceedings; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 414, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 414, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair