CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 176

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 469

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 469, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to address the management of certain non-agricultural park lands under the control of the Department of Land and Natural Resources by:

(1) Requiring the Department of Agriculture to inquire about any easements needed by the Department of Land and Natural Resources before offering a lease;

(2) Requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture to meet and identify by mutual agreement the non-agricultural park lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources and in agricultural use that should remain under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources;

(3) Requiring non-agricultural park lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources and in agricultural use and not identified pursuant to paragraph (2) to be placed under the Department of Agriculture's jurisdiction;

(4) Requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture to meet at least every five years to discuss transferring the remaining lands;

(5) Requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources to report to the Legislature on its meetings with the Department of Agriculture regarding the progress and status of transferring non-agricultural park lands; and

(6) Authorizing the Board of Land and Natural Resources to amend and extend existing pasture leases and to issue new pasture leases by negotiation in furtherance of public purposes that the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture are responsible for promoting.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting its contents and establishing a working group to:

(A) Ascertain the process and status of the transfer of non-agricultural park lands from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture pursuant to Act 90, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, and chapter 166E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding non-agricultural park lands; and

(B) Determine the challenges and potential remedies necessary to facilitate the process of fulfilling the purposes of Act 90, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003; and

(2) Changing its effective date to upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 469, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 469, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Chair	____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair
____________________________ MIKE GABBARD Co-Chair	____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair
____________________________ DRU KANUHA Co-Chair
____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair