STAND. COM. REP. NO.  923

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1145

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1145 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

The purpose of this bill is to:

 

(1)  Repeal the requirement that no remnant be sold by the State to any abutting owner unless the remnant, when combined or consolidated with the abutting property, constitutes a lot acceptable to the appropriate agency of the county;

 

(2)  Repeal the related requirement that appropriate language be included in a remnant conveyance document to ensure compliance with applicable county ordinances; and

 

(3)  Authorize the proceeds from the sales of remnants to be deposited into the Land Conservation Fund.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Transportation supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 1145, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1145, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair