STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1518-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 3067

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 3067, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Remove outdated requirements and formats for plans filed with the Registrar of Conveyances' office;

(2) Update permissible drawing scales used in plans;

(3) Clarify that statutory filing fees are set pursuant to rules adopted by the Department of Accounting and General Services;

(4) Repeal obsolete terms such as "blueprint"; and

(5) Authorize the Department of Accounting and General Services to approve the format of plans.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Your Committee finds that this measure removes outdated requirements for plans filed with the Registrar of Conveyances' office, updates the statutory fee schedule, grants additional discretion to the Department of Accounting and General Services to approve the format of plans, and updates permissible drawing scales used in plans. As an administrative measure that makes housekeeping amendments that remove obsolete requirements, this measure would improve and modernize overall operations at the Bureau of Conveyances.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3067, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3067, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair