STAND. COM. REP. 416

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 1300

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1300 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the operating budget of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) for fiscal year 2003-2004 and fiscal year 2004-2005.

OHA supported this bill.

Although your Committee supports the overall objectives of OHA, and recognizes the necessity of providing sufficient funding for its programs and operations, your Committee notes that there is still some concern regarding the specific budget amounts and the need to reconcile these figures with the Finance Committee. The general and trust funds appropriated in this bill should be consistent with the service being delivered to native Hawaiians and Hawaiians.

Your Committee has amended this measure 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 Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1300, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1300, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair