STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3321

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2365

H.D. 1

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 Water and Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2365, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to replace the Director of Law Enforcement with the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation as a member of the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Law Enforcement; and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Interagency Council on Transit Oriented Development (Council) advises on state facilities in transit-oriented development areas, including correctional and rehabilitation facilities over which the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation has administrative responsibilities. Your Committee further finds that the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation, rather than the Director of Law Enforcement, is better suited to serve on the Council. This measure ensures that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation continues to be involved in the planning and implementation of transit-oriented development across the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2365, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2365, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair