STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1529

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 447

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 447, H.D. 1, S.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 measure is to increase the autonomy of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Specifically, this measure would allow:

(1) The Office to disburse its moneys by issuing checks in its own name and by any other means;

(2) The Office to deposit its money in any banking institution; and

(3) The Department of Accounting and General Services to continue to perform the payroll function for the Office.

Your Committee finds that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs should have the power to disburse its moneys by issuing checks in its own name and by other means and to deposit its moneys into any banking institution. With this measure, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will have these powers while still being able to rely on the Department of Accounting and General Services to perform the payroll function for the Office.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 447, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair