STAND. COM. REP. NO. 573

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 966

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 966, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify that lands owned by, or set aside by executive order to, the Hawaii Public Housing Authority are not "public lands" under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources pursuant to section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Public Housing Authority is authorized to acquire, own, and hold real property for public housing purposes.  This measure would allow the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to exercise its powers relating to public housing without the need to obtain approval from the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     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. 966, S.D. 1, 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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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair