STAND. COM. REP. NO.  7-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2104

      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 Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2104 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to devise a comprehensive plan to provide water and infrastructure sufficient for the development of Hawaiian home lands.

 

     The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying the purpose section of the measure to state that:

         

          (A)  The primary responsibility of the homeland trust was delegated to the State of Hawaii through the Hawaii Admission Act of 1959; and

 

          (B)  The federal government retained certain aspects of responsibility of the homeland trust through the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920;

 

     (2)  Deleting the requirement that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands provide a timeline of the plan's implementation; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2104, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2104, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair