STAND. COM. REP. NO. 750-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1939

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1939, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Require the Board of Land and Natural Resources, with respect to the disposition of public lands to any department or agency of the State, county, any other political subdivision of the State, or any person, to give notice and hold public hearings in the Senate district where the public land is situated; and

(2) Exclude from this requirement minor dispositions, including but not limited to permits, licenses, rights of entry, or grants to any state or county department or agency for roadway or infrastructure improvements.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Hawaii Electric Light Company, and Maui Electric Company provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Adding public utility easements under the exceptions for minor dispositions; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1939, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1939, H.D. 2.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair