STAND. COM. REP. NO.1186-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2476

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2476, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to promote the effective management of the ceded lands trust by:

(1) Establishing an amount that represents the portion of the income and proceeds from the ceded lands trust to be expended by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) for the betterment of native Hawaiians;

(2) Extending the lapse date of funds previously appropriated under Act 125, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2000, and Act 165, SLH 2001, to June 30, 2003; and

(3) Providing additional guidance to the Auditor relating to the identification and catalogue of land in the Auditor's efforts to establish the information system under Act 125, SLH 2000.

OHA supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this bill.

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

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. 2476, 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. 2476, 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