STAND. COM. REP. NO. 793-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2440

S.D. 1

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 Committees on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2440, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify "family" with respect to the transfer of 999-year homestead leases to members of the occupier's or lessee's family by specifying that "family" also includes cousins.

The Hawaiian Political Action Council of Hawaii supported this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources did not have any objections to this measure, but offered clarifying amendments.

In addition to clarifying the qualified assignees of a homestead lease, your Committees believe an in-depth analysis of the assignability of these 999-year leases should be conducted. Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying "family" to include aunts, uncles, and the children of an aunt or uncle; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2440, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2440, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services and Housing,

 

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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair