Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2476, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide interim revenue for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs pursuant to section 10-13.3, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Ka Lahui Hawaii submitted testimony in support of the intent of this measure.

Your Committee finds it prudent to further develop the public land trust information system, and then further use the information as a basis to decide on the appropriate financial mechanism to replace that which the Hawaii Supreme Court invalidated in Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. State of Hawaii, 96 Haw. 388 (2001).

Your Committee has added two sections to this bill to amend Act 125 of the 2000 Hawaii Session Laws and Act 165 of the 2001 Hawaii Session Laws, to prevent lapse of funds previously appropriated for a ceded lands inventory. Another new section provides guidance for the Auditor to prioritize information-gathering efforts, with an emphasis on revenue-generating assets, and requires cooperation from other state and county agencies.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2476, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2476, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.