STAND. COM. REP. NO. 170

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 759

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 759 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require county land use decision-making authorities and the Land Use Commission to give military installation commanding officers sufficient notice of zoning changes and land use reclassifications within three thousand feet or two miles (depending on the county in question) of any zoning change application or land use reclassification petition. This notice will give the commanding officers an opportunity to raise any concerns they may have with urban encroachment on their installations that could adversely affect the effectiveness and preparedness of the installation.

The Department of Defense submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii submitted testimony in opposition to this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 759 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

 

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KEN ITO, Chair