STAND. COM. REP. NO. 313

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1716

 

 

 

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. 1716 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund the building of a Hawaiian community center facility in Kapolei by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL).

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will provide for the planning, design, and construction of a new Hawaiian community center that will be available for use by the entire West Oahu community.

 

     Your Committee notes the testimony of DHHL with regard to the Attorney General's concern as to whether DHHL is the appropriate expending agency for the general obligation bonds appropriated in this measure.  Your Committee also notes DHHL's concerns regarding assuming debt service and management responsibilities for the community center. 

 

     Upon passing this measure out, your Committee requests that the Committee on Ways and Means work with DHHL and the Attorney General to determine whether DHHL is the proper expending agency.

 

     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. 1716 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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