STAND. COM. REP. NO. 121

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 580

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 580 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the law relating to land use.

Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee prepared and made available for public review a proposed Senate Draft 1, which amends this measure by deleting its contents and replacing them with language that transfers the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed Senate Draft 1.

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. 580, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 580, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair