CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 143

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 676

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

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. 676, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISTRICT BOUNDARY AMENDMENTS,"

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 authorize the appropriate county land use decision-making authority to determine district boundary amendments involving land areas over fifteen acres but not over thirty acres, except for certain lands, without consideration by the Land Use Commission, if the county adopts an ordinance that meets certain requirements.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that an appropriate county land use decision-making authority may determine district boundary amendments as authorized by law;

(2) Increasing the maximum acreage of certain lands for which a county land use decision-making authority may determine district boundary amendments from thirty acres to one hundred acres;

(3) Authorizing an appropriate county land use decision-making authority to determine district boundary amendments wholly contained within a county-owned land area that is not greater than one hundred acres without approval by the Land Use Commission, under certain circumstances;

(4) Requiring each county land-use decision making authority whose county has adopted a pertinent ordinance to submit a report on the effects of this measure to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2028;

(5) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2023; and

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

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. 676, 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. 676, 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	____________________________ TROY N. HASHIMOTO Co-Chair
____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY Co-Chair	____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA Co-Chair
____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair	____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair
	____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA Co-Chair