STAND. COM. REP. 371

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1677

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1677 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the filing of an action for partition of real property where:

(1) The action would affect kuleana land;

(2) The party that files the action owns less than 51 percent of the kuleana land; and

(3) A circuit court may order the sale of the kuleana land or a part thereof.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in support of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1677 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair