STAND. COM. REP. NO. 511________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 967
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 967, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE
     COLLEGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the College of
Hawaiian Language (CHL) by:

     (1)  Allowing CHL to contract in the Hawaiian language
          directly with providers; and

     (2)  Including CHL with all other units of the University of
          Hawaii (UH) relative to the receipt and expenditure of
          general funds.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, University of Hawaii at Hilo, and
Hale Kuamo'o Hawaiian Language Center.

     Your Committee finds that the CHL has proven it is an
important part of the UH system and that it deserves general
funding to the same extent that all other UH programs and
students do.  Your Committee also finds that CHL should be
accorded the freedom to carry out its business with the private
and public sectors in the Hawaiian language.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 
 
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     (1)  Retaining the word shall on page 2, line 13; and

     (2)  Making technical and non-substantive changes for the
          purpose of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 967, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in
the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 967, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair