STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1771

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1635
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
1635, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND TRUST,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the resolution of
public land trust issues by:

     (1)  Establishing a joint committee to study and make
          recommendations on all outstanding anticipated public
          land trust issues;

     (2)  Requiring the Legislative Auditor to coordinate the
          resolution of public land trust issues;

     (3)  Requiring the joint committee and the Legislative
          Auditor to submit progress reports to the Legislature
          prior to the 2000 Regular Session and final reports to
          the Legislature prior to the 2001 Regular Session; and

     (4)  Appropriating funds for activities relating to the
          resolution of the public land trust issues.

     It is the intent of your Committee that native Hawaiians be
well-represented on issues regarding the resolution of the public
land trust.  Therefore, your Committee urges the appointing
authorities of the joint committee to give native Hawaiians
utmost consideration in the appointment of members to the joint
committee.


 
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     The Department of the Attorney General and the State
Representative of the 7th District testified in support of this
measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hawaiian Political
Action Council of Hawaii, Ka na Ha, the Nation of Ku, and several
individuals commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the amounts of the appropriations; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity
          and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1635, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1635,
S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair