STAND. COM. REP. NO. 550

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 7

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water and Land, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 7 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH PROVIDE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE ACCOUNTING OF PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES UNDER SECTION 5 OF ACT 178, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2006,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the Executive branch provide an accurate and complete accounting of public land trust revenues as required by section 5 of Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Association of Hawaii Civic Clubs, and five individuals.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

 

     Your Committees find that a financial review of revenue from the public lands trust for fiscal year 2012 found that a significant amount of public lands trust receipts was unreported.  In order to ensure the accurate and complete accounting of the revenue from the public lands trust, the Legislature encourages the Governor to order each state agency to accurately report the revenues generated from public lands within its jurisdiction.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water and Land that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 7 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

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LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair

 

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair