STAND. COM. REP. NO.  968

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1248

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1248, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enable the Hawaiian Language College at the University of Hawaii at Hilo to realize the benefits of revenues generated by the College and its various programs by expanding the statutory scope of the Hawaiian Language College Revolving Fund.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Aha Punana Leo, and several individuals.  The University of Hawaii at Hilo and an individual submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure increases the Hawaiian Language College's financial self-sufficiency by permitting the College to realize the revenues generated by its own enterprises, including fees for services and training and the sale of publications.  Your Committee notes that the impact of this measure on the State's revenues is neutral-to-positive, as it increases the College's capacity without expending general revenues of the State. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making it effective upon its approval.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1248, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1248, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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KANIELA ING, Chair