STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1213

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 447

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 447, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to give the Office of Hawaiian Affairs the authority to make all necessary and appropriate disbursements of its moneys.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Vice Chair of the Maui County Council.

Your Committee finds that this measure is designed to give the Office of Hawaiian Affairs greater control in managing its financial resources. This measure enables the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to make disbursements of its moneys by issuing checks in its own name as well as depositing any of its moneys in any in-state or out-of-state banking institution.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Making technical, non-substantive changes for purposes of clarity; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2006.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 447, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 447, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and 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