STAND. COM. REP. NO.  506

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 372

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 372 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a working group to address issues that beneficiaries of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on Hawaii Island face relating to the financing and insuring of homes.

 

     The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Panaewa Hawaiian Home Lands Community Association, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hoomana Pono, LLC., and several individuals testified in support of this measure.

 

     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. 372 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KANIELA ING, Chair