STAND. COM. REP. NO.  18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 399

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 399 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PORTION OF INCOME AND PROCEEDS FROM THE LANDS OF THE PUBLIC LAND TRUST FOR USE BY THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the State to make progress toward meeting part of its constitutional obligation regarding ceded lands by requiring the transfer of cash or land to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) as income and proceeds for the period from November 7, 1978, to July 1, 2010.

 

     OHA and the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs supported this bill.  Several concerned individuals opposed this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 399 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair