STAND. COM. REP. NO.  747-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1795

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1795, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KEIKI, ‘OPIO, AND KUPUNA TRUST FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish:

 

(1)  An ecotourism program for visitors and residents to contribute toward planting or purchasing native or food-bearing trees to be planted on government-owned lands;

 

(2)  The Keiki, Opio, and Kupuna Trust Fund to encourage people to make strong financial investments while supporting conservation efforts, reforestation of Hawaii's native trees, environmental stewardship, sustainable food and energy production, and programs that support and benefit the State's keiki, opio, and kupuna; and

 

(3)  The Keiki, Opio, and Kupuna Trust Fund Advisory Board to solicit money and develop policy, planning, and strategy for the Trust Fund in collaboration with the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and the Maui County Office on Aging supported this measure.  The Executive Office on Aging and Department of Land and Natural Resources commented on this measure.

 

     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. 1795, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair