Bill Text: HI SR58 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Resolution 58 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: DLNR; Inventory of Public Lands and Facilities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-22 - (S) Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06-19-12. [SR58 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SR58-Amended.html

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3428

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 58

S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.R. No. 58, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ACT 54, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2011, TO FURTHER INCLUDE PUBLIC FACILITIES, THEREBY CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC LANDS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to ensure that the State gathers and maintains an accurate accounting of facilities and lands under its control.

Specifically, the measure urges the Department of Land and Natural Resources to:

(1) Expand the scope of the comprehensive information system established pursuant to Act 54, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, to inventory and maintain information about the lands in the public land trust described in section 5(f) of the Admission Act and article XII, section 4, of the Hawaii Constitution, to further include public facilities, thereby creating a comprehensive asset management system for public lands and facilities; and

(2) Utilize the resources of the Department of Accounting and General Services to coordinate and develop the comprehensive asset management system.

Your Committee finds that Act 54, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, established a comprehensive information system for public lands to inventory and maintain information relating to the public land trust, also known as ceded lands, and other state lands. The comprehensive information system is coordinated by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee also finds that full and optimal use of the State's lands and facilities is not being made because vital information regarding these lands and facilities is not centralized and accessible to all decision makers, thereby making it difficult to make sound economic decisions. Your Committee believes that expanding the scope of the comprehensive information system for public lands to include information on public facilities is necessary to ensure the full and optimal use of the State's lands and facilities.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 58, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair