STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1368

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 296

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 296 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF THE STATE'S COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 OF ACT 178, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2006,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the State Auditor to conduct an audit of the State's compliance with section 5 of Act 178 and report to the Legislature, and to request all government agencies to provide full cooperation and all relevant data and information to the State Auditor.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs submitted testimony in support of this measure. 

 

     Your Committees find that Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006 (Act 178), sought to identify revenue-generating public trust lands and the amounts derived therefrom by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) with the cooperation of the Department of Budget and Finance and state agencies that use or manage public trust lands, to provide an annual accounting to the Legislature by January 1 of each year.

 

     Your Committees note that the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) did not submit testimony for the public hearing of this concurrent resolution.  Therefore, your Committees respectfully request that the Committee on Finance carefully consider this concurrent resolution in light of any testimony submitted to it by DLNR.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 296 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair