STAND. COM. REP. NO. 335

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 450

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 450 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 biennial budget (fiscal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007) of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA).

OHA testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds, among other things, that OHA has established and undertaken ambitious goals towards achieving federal recognition of the native Hawaiian people and forming a Hawaiian governing entity. It is critical that the State maintains its share of funding for programs that will sustain the cultural and political status of the Hawaiian people.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure to:

(1) Correct erroneous data in the budget proposal as it was originally introduced; and

(2) Make technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 450, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 450, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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SCOTT K. SAIKI, Chair