STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1482

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 515

       H.D. 3

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 515, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REMNANTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify restrictions on the disposition of parcels of public land as remnants.

 

     Specifically, the measure prohibits the disposition of public land as a remnant if the Board of Land and Natural Resources finds that the land contains:

 

     (1)  Natural or cultural resources necessary for the exercise of native Hawaiian subsistence, cultural, or religious practices;

 

     (2)  Natural resources that should be protected or conserved; or

 

     (3)  Public access to public lands.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Aha Moku Advisory Committee.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided written comments on the measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that, under current law, the disposition of a parcel of land determined to be a remnant is not subject to the same requirements as the disposition of other public lands.  Your Committee believes that this measure will help ensure that any disposition of a remnant complies with the State's constitutional mandate under the public lands trust.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the purpose section of the measure; and

 

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

 

     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 H.B. No. 515, H.D. 3, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 515, H.D. 3, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair