STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1545

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2019

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1303

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Lower & Higher Education and Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1303, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Allow the Department of Education to lease public school lands for a term of not more than an unspecified number of years per lease; and

 

     (2)  Amend Act 206, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to allow the City and County of Honolulu to transfer lands under existing Department of Education facilities directly to the Department of Education, rather than through the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     The Department of Education, The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and Building Industry Association of Hawaii supported this measure.  The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement and two concerned individuals opposed the measure.  The Hawaii State Public Library System, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Hawaiian Affairs Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii submitted comments.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Specifying that title to those portions of Department of Education lands on which public libraries are located will be held by the Hawaii State Public Library System;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2052, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Lower & Higher Education and Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1303, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1303, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Lower & Higher Education and Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

 

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair