STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3865

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2288

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2288, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to transfer and appropriate necessary moneys related to the transfer of certain land from the University of Hawaii to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the University of Hawaii system.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General and Department of Budget and Finance.

 

     Your Committee finds that the proposed land transfer will help to address a shortage of available Hawaiian home lands lots and is an important step toward meeting the long-term needs of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and its beneficiaries.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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. 2288, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2288, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair