House voids PLDC, Senate likely to do same

By Derrick DePledge

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 15, 2013

~~<p>The state House voted unanimously Thursday to repeal the Public Land Development Corp., foreshadowing the end of a state agency that many lawmakers now admit was a mistake.</p>
<p>The original idea two years ago to create public-private partnerships to develop underused state land may have had good intentions, several lawmakers said, but granting the agency broad exemptions from state and county land use regulations was unacceptable.</p>
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The state House voted unanimously Thursday to repeal the Public Land Development Corp., foreshadowing the end of a state agency that many lawmakers now admit was a mistake.

The original idea two years ago to create public-private partnerships to develop underused state land may have had good intentions, several lawmakers said, but granting the agency broad exemptions from state and county land use regulations was unacceptable. Login for more...