STAND. COM. REP. NO. 46-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: H.B. No. 1648
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1648 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBDIVISION DOCUMENTS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
Your Committees find that the counties' ability to maintain accurate property records is essential for the efficient performance of their administrative and public safety functions. Inaccurate or outdated subdivision maps and property ownership records impede county agencies' ability to respond to safety hazards such as fires and to accurately assess property taxes.
Your Committees recognize that by establishing a requirement for document submission by state agencies, this measure also establishes a corresponding requirement for document receipt and processing by county agencies. It is not your Committees' intent to create any undue burden for the counties. Therefore, your Committees respectfully request that your Committee on Transportation further investigate the impact of this measure on the respective counties' financial and agency staff capacity, should that Committee choose to consider this measure.
Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1648, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1648, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Transportation.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water & Land and Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,
____________________________ FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair |
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____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair |
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