STAND. COM. REP. NO.  421-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1745

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1745 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to waive the fees for certified copies of birth, marriage, divorce, or death certificates when the certificates are required to prove that an individual is a qualified Native Hawaiian for purposes of the Native Hawaiian roll.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, Oahu Council Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kuakini Hawaiian Civic Club of Kona, Kapolei Hawaiian Civic Club, and several concerned individuals supported the measure.  The Department of Health and a few concerned individuals opposed the measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Instead of waiving the fee, establishing a fee of $1 for certified copies of birth, marriage, divorce, or death certificates when the certificates are required to prove that an individual is a qualified Native Hawaiian for purposes of the Native Hawaiian roll;

    

     (2)  Requiring the Director of Health to deposit moneys collected from the fee into the general fund; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1745, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1745, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Health,

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair