STAND. COM. REP. NO.  271

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 481

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 481 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LAND USE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow for the construction of certain traditional Hawaiian hale without a building permit on land that is used for farming operations.

 

     Several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Agriculture, County of Maui Department of Public Works, and Maui Fire Department submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing references to "traditional Hawaiian hale" with "indigenous Hawaiian hale."

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 481, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 481, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair