STAND. COM. REP. NO.  649

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   H.B. No. 953

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 953 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to develop and publish a website that includes the application processes for a permit, license, or reservation needed to conduct recreational and commercial activities in the State that are regulated by or under the jurisdiction of the department; and

 

     (2)  Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to convert existing application processes into a digital format to be used on the website.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Trilogy Corporation and one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure would make it easier and more convenient for Hawaii's residents, visitors, and commercial operators to access the application process needed to use areas administered by the Department of Land and Natural Resources that are publicly available for recreational and commercial purposes.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Making unspecified the deadline by which the Department of Land and Natural Resources must develop and publish a website that includes all online application processes necessary to acquire a permit, license, or reservation needed to conduct recreational and commercial activities in the State that are regulated by or under the jurisdiction of the department;

 

     (2)  Requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to submit to the Legislature by December 1, 2023, a report regarding its implementation of this measure;

 

     (3)  Changing its effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 953, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 953, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair