STAND. COM. REP. 743

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1029

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1029 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMIT APPROVALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to repeal the automatic approval after a certain time period of business or development-related permits or licenses.

The Office of the Governor, Hawaii County Planning Department, Sierra Club, KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance, Hawaii Audubon Society, and numerous individuals submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Business Roundtable, and the Estate of James Campbell submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

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 H.B. No. 1029, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1029, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair