STAND. COM. REP. NO.  685-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2523

     

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2523 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Land Use Commission to consider the County General Plan and all community, development, or community development plans adopted pursuant to the County General Plan in relation to the land subject to reclassification, when reviewing a petition for reclassification of a district boundary.

 

     The Office of Planning, City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting, Council Chair of the Maui County Council, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Association of REALTORS supported the intent of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2523 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Ocean Resources & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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KEN ITO, Chair