STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2643

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2876

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2876, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify that lands to which the Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title are not "public lands" that fall under the management, administration, and control of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

     Your Committee recognizes that pursuant to section 356D-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Hawaii Public Housing Authority may acquire, own, and hold real property, and therefore, its titled lands should not be considered state "public lands" under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Accordingly, your Committee finds that by expressly exempting Hawaii Public Housing Authority lands from the definition of "public lands" in section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, this measure will clarify that the Authority has the power to take certain actions regarding its own lands.

     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 S.B. No. 2876, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair