STAND. COM. REP. NO.  806-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2750

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2750, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a Native Hawaiian Housing Task Force, administratively attached to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, to identify duplicative housing-related services among state agencies that serve Native Hawaiians to improve efficiency in the delivery of those services.

 

     An individual supported this measure.  The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and an individual opposed this measure.  The Department of Human Services and Department of the Attorney General provided comments.

 

     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. 2750, 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