STAND. COM. REP. NO.  775-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2036

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2036, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the 180-day processing period for conservation district use applications an additional 90 days beyond the time necessary to complete an environmental impact statement or contested case hearing.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Island Economic Development Board, Hawaii Leeward Planning Conference, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.

 

     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. 2036, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair