STAND. COM. REP. 79

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1128

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns, to which was referred H.B. No. 1128 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to exempt lands held by the High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) from the definition of "public lands" as defined in section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).

Under existing law, the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is authorized to manage, administer, and exercise control over all public lands. Creating an exemption for HTDC lands corrects an inconsistency in the law because section 206M-3, HRS, already gives HTDC the authority to acquire, own, lease, hold, clear, improve, and rehabilitate real, personal, or mixed property.

HTDC submitted testimony in support of this measure. HTDC noted that although DLNR did not submit written testimony, DLNR concurred with the intent and purpose of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1128 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns,

 

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BRIAN SCHATZ, Chair