Bill Text: HI HB696 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Water; Kuleana Water Rights

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB696 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB696-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  61

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 696

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 696 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WATER,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to expand the water rights of kuleana landowners by exempting them from all State, county, and municipal taxation, fees, and any other charges in connection with kuleana landowners' appurtenant water rights.

 

     A concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 696 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

 

____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair