STAND. COM. REP. NO.  792

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2019

 

RE:   H.B. No. 893

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 893 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS BUDGET,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the operating budget for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021 for two programs within the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands:

 

     (1)  Planning and Development for Hawaiian Homesteads (HHL602); and

 

     (2)  Administration and Operating Support (HHL625).

 

     The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing the amounts for general funds, special funds, federal funds, and trust funds in HHL602 and HHL625 with the respective amounts listed in H.B. No. 2.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 893, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 893, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair