STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1179

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 23

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 23, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish an Aha Kiole Advisory Commission within the Department of Land and Natural Resources to serve in an advisory capacity to the Governor and the Legislature on all matters concerning the management of the State's land and natural resources.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Papa Ola Lokahi, Aha Kiole Advisory Committee, Aha Kiole Kauai Puna District, Kauai Westside Watershed Council, Koolauloa Hawaiian Civic Club, Kauai Ahu Moku Council, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Maunalua Hawaiian Civic Club, and seventeen individuals.

 

     Your Committees received comments on the measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

     Your Committees find that current state policies regarding the management of the State's land and natural resources do not fully incorporate traditional knowledge and best management practices based upon the practices of Hawaii's indigenous people.  The creation of an Aha Kiole Commission would help guide the State on issues related to land and natural resource manages.

 

     Your Committees have amended this measure by changing all references from "commission" to "council" and by making a technical nonsubstantive change for the purpose of clarity and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 23, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 23, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair