STAND. COM. REP. NO.  602

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1270

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1270 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND ACQUISITION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Board of Land and Natural Resources to enter into negotiations to acquire the property identified as Tax Map Key: (3) 6-8-001:030 in Kamuela, Hawaii and appropriate funds out of the Land Conservation Fund to finance the acquisition.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture testified in support of this measure.  

 

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050 to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1270, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1270, H.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair