STAND. COM. REP. NO. 145-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2867

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2867 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the tax collector to foreclose on real property on which outstanding fines exceeding $50,000 are owed because of egregious zoning or building code violations with respect to the particular property.

The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of this bill.

After careful consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Reducing from three years to 18 months the time after which the tax collector may foreclose on real property on which a lien for taxes exists; and

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

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. 2867, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2867, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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