STAND. COM. REP. NO.999

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1560

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1560 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROPERTY LEFT IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize counties to condemn and demolish facilities that have been abandoned or damaged due to a natural disaster.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Mayor of the County of Kauai, a Member of the Kauai County Council, Kahuna Plantation Resort & Beach Bungalows at Kiahuna, the Kauai Visitors Bureau, the Hawaii Hotel Association Kauai Chapter, Poipu Beach Resort Association, and the Kauai Chamber of Commerce.

Your Committee finds that unused and especially damaged buildings not only are an eyesore in the community, but negatively impact the health, safety, and welfare of the community. In a State that depends so heavily on tourism, building owners must restore or remove unsightly and dangerous structures in a timely manner.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1560 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair