STAND. COM. REP. NO.1308

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.C.R. No. 69

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 69 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING AN AUDIT OF VARIOUS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS REGARDING CEDED LAND REVENUE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to conduct an audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), the University of Hawaii, and the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH) regarding their methodologies in verifying ceded land revenues.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from Ka Lahui Hawaii. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the University of Hawaii provided comments.

Your Committee believes that the State is obligated to accurately account for revenues derived from the public land trust. Based on disputes over leases of land on Mauna Kea summit, your Committee agrees that an audit of DLNR, the University of Hawaii and RCUH is appropriate.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 69 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair