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House Committee on Finance advances shoreline easement resolutions for Kauai and Waikiki
Summary
The House Committee on Finance voted April 16 to recommend several Senate concurrent resolutions creating 25-year nonexclusive easements on state submerged lands for shoreline protection in Kekaha, Kauai, and for concrete stairs in Waikiki, Oahu; remaining resolutions on the agenda were passed by consent.
The House Committee on Finance on Wednesday, April 16, recommended passage of multiple Senate concurrent resolutions authorizing 25-year, nonexclusive easements on state submerged lands for shoreline-related structures in Kauai and Oahu.
The committee, meeting in Conference Room 309, approved SCR 4 to authorize an easement covering part of state submerged lands at Kakehiawa, Kekaha, Kauai, for a shoreline protection structure and for the use, repair and maintenance of improvements constructed thereon. The committee recommended technical amendments flagged by the research office and voted to pass the resolution with those amendments.
Committee members next approved SCR 5, SD1, authorizing a 25-year, nonexclusive easement covering a portion of state submerged lands at Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu, for concrete stairs and for the use, repair and maintenance of improvements. The committee recorded that technical amendments identified by staff would be made before the measure moves forward; Representative Kitagawa was noted as excused for that vote.
For the remaining resolutions on the agenda, the committee moved to a single consent vote. The package listed on pages 2 and 3 of the agenda — identified in the transcript as “SCR 138, SD1, HD1 through SCR 3, SD1” — was advanced as is by unanimous consent with the committee noting an excused absence for Representative Kitagawa.
The committee did not accept new testimony at the meeting because the measures had been heard in prior subject-matter committees, according to the chair. Votes recorded on the floor show the chair and vice chair voting aye on the measures and multiple representatives registering aye during the roll call. The committee’s recommendations were adopted and will be reported out of committee per normal legislative procedure.
Votes at a glance
• SCR 4 — Authorize 25-year nonexclusive easement on state submerged lands at Kakehiawa, Kekaha, Kauai, for shoreline protection structure; technical amendments recommended; committee recommendation: pass with amendments; outcome: adopted by committee.
• SCR 5, SD1 — Authorize 25-year nonexclusive easement on state submerged lands at Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu, for concrete stairs; technical amendments recommended; committee recommendation: pass with amendments; outcome: adopted by committee (Representative Kitagawa noted as excused).
• Consent package (listed as “SCR 138, SD1, HD1 through SCR 3, SD1” on agenda pages 2–3) — Multiple resolutions advanced as is by consent; outcome: adopted by committee (Representative Kitagawa noted as excused).
The meeting record notes the research office flagged technical reservations that prompted amendments to SCR 4 and SCR 5, but the transcript does not specify the exact text of those technical changes. The committee meeting was described as a decision-making session only; no public testimony was taken at this hearing.
