STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1002

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1442

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1442 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KIKALA-KEOKEA,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to perpetuate the cultural heritage and the Hawaiian way of life of the residents of Kalapana, one of the last Hawaiian settlements on the island of Hawaii, who were allowed to live in the Kikala-Keokea homestead area under similar conditions as in Kalapana under Act 314, Session Laws of Hawaii 1991, after being displaced by the 1983 volcanic eruptions.  This bill authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to award long-term leases for the remaining 19 lots at Kikala-Keokea to residents who meet specific criteria.

 

     DLNR testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to

          encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style,

          clarity, and consistency.

 


     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1442, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1442, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair