STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1050

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 573

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 573, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL).  Specifically, this measure appropriates funds to DHHL that would allow them to effectively assess and track the programmatic needs of applicants on its waitlists to determine the amount of future appropriations the Department needs for various activities including:

 

     (1)  The development of home, agriculture, farm, and ranch lots;

 

     (2)  Making home, agriculture, aquaculture, farm, and ranch loans; and

 

     (3)  Rehabilitation projects that improve the general welfare and condition of native Hawaiians.

 

     DHHL testified in support of this bill.


     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 573, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 573, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair