Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2750, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to broaden the use of the Native Hawaiian Rehabilitation Fund (NHRF) to allow NHRF-supported programs and services to be provided to native Hawaiian groups, including families and Hawaiian homestead communities.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date from February 30, 2050, to upon its approval to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2750, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2750, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.