STAND. COM. REP. NO.931

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1555

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1555 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A LAND EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE STATE OF HAWAII AND THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow for the exchange of private lands in Waikele, Oahu, for public lands located on Oahu, Kauai, and the Big Island.

Specifically, the lands to be exchanged include private lands at Waikele, Oahu, owned by the Aloha Council Boy Scouts of America and identified as tax map key: (1) 9-4-166:24, 25, and 26. The Boy Scouts of America would receive, in exchange, three properties they currently are leasing from the State at nominal rent, which include:

(1) The 64.8-acre property at Pupukea, Oahu, known as camp Pupukea and identified as tax map key: (1) 5-9-05:02 and 77;

(2) The 29-acre property at Waimea, Kauai, known as camp Alan Faye and identified as tax map key: (4) 1-4-01:15; and

(3) The 238-acre property at Honokaia, Hawaii, known as camp Honokaia and identified as tax map key: (3) 4-6-011:40.

The authority to enter into a land exchange extends to June 30, 2006, after which it will be repealed.

Your Committee finds that the State will gain three contiguous lots in a light industrial area and that, therefore, the land exchange is consistent with the State's desire to generate revenues for public land trust purposes.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1555 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair