STAND. COM. REP. NO.  458

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 231

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 231 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AHA MOKU,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Clarify that the Aha Moku Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee) is placed within the Department of Land and Natural Resources for administrative purposes only;

 

     (2)  Require the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide budgetary and administrative support to the Advisory Committee; and

 

     (3)  Appropriate funds from the Special Land and Development Fund for authorized expenses incurred by the Advisory Committee.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Aha Moku Advisory Committee of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Koolau Foundation, Koolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, Kalihi Palama Hawaiian Civic Club, Ke One O Kakuhihewa, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     Should your Committee on Finance deliberate on this measure, your Committee respectfully requests inserting an appropriation amount of $250,000.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 231, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 231, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair