STAND. COM. REP. NO. 909
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 209
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 209, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The Aha Moku Advisory Committee; Mediation Centers of Hawaii; Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; Ko‘olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club; Ko‘olau Foundation; REACH Out; Hawai‘i Green Growth; and several individuals testified in support of this measure.
The Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies and an individual testified in opposition to this measure.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and several individuals provided comments.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs submitted a budget that totaled:
FY 2016 FY 2017
General Funds $3,741,574 $3,741,574
All Means of Financing $10,921,848 $10,921,848
Your Committee on Finance has amended this budget to appropriate:
FY 2016 FY 2017
General Funds $2,491,007 $2,491,007
All Means of Financing $8,420,714 $8,420,714
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. 209, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 209, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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