STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1908

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 414, S.D. 2, H.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 Department of Transportation to institute proceedings to condemn portions of 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 and Maui Chamber of Commerce. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services.

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 S.B. No. 414, S.D. 2, 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