STAND. COM. REP. NO.  820

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1093

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1093 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISCLOSURES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to encourage transparency among organizations that affect the rights of Native Hawaiians by requiring the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to submit annual reports detailing all departmental contracts for services.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1093, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1093, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair