STAND. COM. REP. NO.785

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1361

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1361, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a joint committee of the Legislature to chair the Hawaiian Affairs Task Force to examine and make recommendations on the impacts of federal case law on the future of the Hawaiian people.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Oahu Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs testified in support of this bill.

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 H.B. No. 1361, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair