STAND. COM. REP. NO.  849

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 397

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 397, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LANDS CONTROLLED BY THE STATE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist in the review of legislative resolutions regarding proposed exchanges, sales, or gifts of state land for consideration by the legislature by requiring:

 

     (1)  A detailed summary in all concurrent resolutions of proposed exchanges, sales, or gifts of state land, including whether the land was classed as government or crown lands prior to August 15, 1895; and

    

     (2)  That a draft copy of the concurrent resolution be submitted to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) at least three months prior to the appropriate legislative session.

 

     OHA, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supported this bill.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources offered 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. 397, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair