STAND. COM. REP. NO. 309

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1723

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1723 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to make a housekeeping amendment to section 674-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the scope of judicial relief that may be awarded to an aggrieved Native Hawaiian trust beneficiary.

 

     Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of the Attorney General.

 

     Your Committee finds that making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment to section 674-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will provide clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1723 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

 


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

 

 

 

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RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN, Chair