CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 104

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    H.B. No. 209

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 209, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the operating costs of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) for fiscal biennium 2015-2017.

 

     Your Committee on Conference recognizes the significance of the services and advocacy that OHA provides its beneficiaries and acknowledges the need to ensure that OHA has sufficient resources to continue these services.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has provided $500,000 in general funds and $500,000 in trust funds in each fiscal year.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 209, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 209, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair

 

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KANIELA ING, Co-Chair

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair