Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1156 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to create a registry of all persons of Hawaiian ancestry, regardless of place of residence.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds this measure will enhance the capacity of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to communicate with its constituents who may ultimately be part of the process of Hawaiian self-determination.

Your Committee was informed that staff shortages have caused delays in completing registry tasks. Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Including an appropriation provision; and

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1156, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1156, H.D. 1.