STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1157-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 1294

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1294, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to preserve native Hawaiian culture by providing that a portion of the public land trust proceeds be expended by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to repair and maintain the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna 'Ala.

The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Charles R. Bishop Trust, Kamehameha Schools, Oahu Council of the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Ali'i Pauahi Hawaiian Civic Club, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure. OHA and the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce supported this bill with comments. The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Capping the portion of the public land trust proceeds to be expended for the repair and maintenance of the Royal Mausoleum to an unspecified sum per fiscal year; and

(2) Removing OHA as the expending agency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1294, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1294, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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SCOTT K. SAIKI, Chair