STAND. COM. REP. NO.  829

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1164

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1164, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to:

 

     (1)  Review and consider, among other things:

 

          (A)  Current lease terms between DLNR and the Sand Island Business Association;

 

          (B)  Income related to leases and rent;

 

          (C)  The use of lease revenues;

 

          (D)  Alternative sources of revenue to replace the lease revenues;

 

          and

    

     (2)  Report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature prior to the convening of the 2012 Regular Session.

 

     The Sand Island Business Association, and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this bill.

 

     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. 1164, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair