CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 68

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    H.B. No. 207

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 207, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAINING,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support Hawaii's statutory and constitutional mandate to protect native Hawaiian and Hawaiian traditional and customary rights by ensuring that members of government agencies that make decisions or formulate policy that affect or concern these rights are fully informed of their relevant duties and obligations. 

 

     This measure requires the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to develop a training course on native Hawaiian and Hawaiian traditional and customary rights, natural resource protection and access rights, and the public trust.  It further requires members of certain state boards and commissions to complete this training course and permits any officer, representative, or employee of the State or a county to enroll in the training course.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the training course shall include natural resource protection and access rights;

 

     (2)  Making it effective on July 1, 2015; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 207, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 207, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair

 

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KANIELA ING, Co-Chair

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Co-Chair

 

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NICOLE E. LOWEN, Co-Chair

 

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BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Co-Chair