STAND. COM. REP. NO. 623

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 511

       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 S.B. No. 511, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Land Use Commission to vacate, void, modify, or amend a land use district boundary amendment or special permit under chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes, if the Land Use Commission reasonably finds that there has been a failure to substantially conform with the conditions or requirements of the boundary amendment or special permit.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Planning, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Land Use Commission.  Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, the Building Industry Association of Hawaii, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that the Land Use Commission currently lacks the power necessary to enforce conditions and requirements of boundary amendments and special permits.  Your Committee believes that this measure affords the Land Use Commission greater authority to ensure that the interests of the State, the counties, and the public are protected.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date from upon approval to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on 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 S.B. No. 511, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 511, 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