STAND. COM. REP. 541

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 426

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 426 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Land and Natural Resources to issue new leases to existing lessees of specific parcels on Kauai.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources testified that the department has already approved the re-issuance of new leases for these lands under existing law and took no position on this bill. The Kauai Beachfront Hotel testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee, however, is aware of, and concerned with unresolved issues concerning the re-issuance of the new leases. Therefore, your Committee recommends that the Committee on Finance continue discussions on this matter to resolve those issues.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 426 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair