STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3881

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.C.R. No. 14

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 14, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERPETUAL, NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT COVERING A PORTION OF STATE SUBMERGED LANDS AT WAIALAE, HONOLULU, OAHU, FOR EXISTING DRAINAGE PURPOSES, AND FOR USE, OPERATION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS CONSTRUCTED THEREON,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of a perpetual, non-exclusive easement covering a portion of state submerged lands at Waialae, Honolulu, Oahu, for existing drainage purposes and for the use, operation, repair, and maintenance of the existing improvements constructed thereon.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that The Kahala Hotel & Resort in Waialea was originally constructed in 1963 in compliance with existing laws. Decades later, the submerged lands through which run portions of three pipelines operated by The Kahala Hotel & Resort have become acquired by the State; consequently, the property needs authorization by the State to sustain ownership and maintenance of the pipelines. By complying with section 171‑53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, this measure will preserve the integrity of one of the State's most famous hotels as well as the environment surrounding it.

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 Water, Land, Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 14, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 14, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair