STAND. COM. REP. NO.  154

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 830

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 830 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to expedite the approval of building permits for homes older than 50 years that are not on the Hawaii register of historic places by:

 

     (1)  Exempting from the definition of "historic property" any private residence that has not been entered or owner-nominated onto the Hawaii register of historic places; and

 

     (2)  Clarifying that nothing in the State Historic Preservation Law shall be construed to require a review by the Department of Land and Natural Resources for a private residence that has not been entered or owner-nominated onto the Hawaii register of historic places.

 

     The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Building Industry Association-Hawaii, Hawaii Association of REALTORS, and Hawaii Bankers Association testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Historic Hawaii Foundation testified in opposition of this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 830 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair