STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3364

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 6

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 6 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEDICATION OF KUKUIA STREET, LAHAINA, HAWAII, TO THE COUNTY OF MAUI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to approve the dedication of Kukuia Street, Lahaina, Hawaii, to the County of Maui.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and one member of the Maui County Council.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation acquired over five hundred acres of land in 1994 from the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the development of the Villages at Leialiʻi housing project in Lahaina. At the time of the transfer, the land was undeveloped and the construction of streets and infrastructure was required to support the housing project. As the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation is not in the business of maintaining streets and roadways, the Corporation generally dedicates those that it develops to the respective county upon completion of the construction. County oversight for Kukuia Street will allow greater flexibility for development plans in the surrounding area and support public safety. The dedication of roads to a county represents a conveyance of lands and is subject to the requirements of section 171-64.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires the approval of the Legislature by concurrent resolution to be adopted by at least a two-third majority vote. This measure is therefore necessary to approve the dedication of Kukuia Street to the County of Maui.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 6, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 6, S.D. 1.

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

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STANLEY CHANG, Chair