STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3792

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 Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2365, H.D. 1, S.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, as a member of the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development, with the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

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

Your Committee finds that because the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development advises on the planning and development of certain state facilities, including the redevelopment of Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation properties, the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation is a more appropriate director to serve as a member of the Council.

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 H.B. No. 2365, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair