STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3010
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2240
S.D. 2
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2026
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2240, S.D. 1, 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 require any petitioner for a district boundary amendment to obtain a written statement from the Commission on Water Resources Management on water availability in the hydrologic unit or units where the parcel is located and provide that certification to the Land Use Commission.
Your Committee finds that aquifers and groundwater in the State are extremely vulnerable to depletion, mismanagement, and contamination. Your Committee further finds that additional coordination between the Commission on Water Resource Management and the Land Use Commission is necessary for successful projects that involve water use. Therefore, this measure will modernize petition standards and ensure that water availability information is clearly incorporated into decision-making for district boundary amendments.
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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2240, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2240, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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