STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1214

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1385

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1385, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a framework for designating certain public lands for redevelopment;

(2) Amend generally applicable lease requirements for public lands to promote redevelopment;

(3) Designate the public lands on the Waiakea Peninsula on Hawaii Island as the Waiakea Peninsula Redevelopment District; and

(4) Appropriate funds for the Waiakea Peninsula Redevelopment District.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from HPM Building Supply. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Kūpuna for the Mo‘opuna, and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1385, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair