STAND. COM. REP. 74

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 427

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. 427 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Statutorily establish the Hui 'Imi Advisory Council (Council) within the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) for administrative purposes; and

(2) Appropriate funds for the Council's administrative expenses.

The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs testified in support of the measure. The Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands and OHA supported the intent of the measure. Ka Lahui Hawai'i and a concerned individual testified in opposition to the measure.

The Legislature finds that the Council is currently administratively attached to the Department of Accounting and General Services and is scheduled for repeal on June 30, 2004. The Council remains a valuable resource to the State and the native Hawaiian community and should be made permanent and placed within a more appropriate agency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Rights that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 427 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

EZRA KANOHO, Chair