STAND. COM. REP. 68

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 428

 

 

 

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. 428 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LEASES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) may lease lands within a state park, forest reserve, or other lands set aside under executive orders for recreation-residence use for periods not exceeding 20 years for each new or renewed lease.

BLNR submitted comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that the current law is not clear on whether recreation-residential leases are renewable. BLNR's testimony cited an Attorney General's opinion that an existing recreation-residential lease may not be extended beyond its present term.

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. 428 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Human Services and Housing.

 

 

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