Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1158 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to specify the amount of interim revenue from the income and proceeds from the pro rata portion of the public land trust, to be paid to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA).

Testimony in support of this measure was received from OHA, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Friends of Mokuula, Inc., Hale Ku‘ai Cooperative, and one individual. Testimony in opposition was received from one individual.

This measure is intended to provide immediate partial payment to OHA of revenues from public trust lands. The issue of how much revenue and from what sources is not yet determined. However, your Committee finds that OHA deserves to be paid at least a minimum undisputed amount in the meantime.

Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing its contents with appropriations in various amounts to OHA from various special funds having a connection to ceded lands. The amounts and the language for the appropriations from the various special funds were recommended by the Attorney General.

The amended measure contains appropriations representing all of OHA's portion of ceded land receipts for fiscal year 2001-2002, the portion of receipts of the current fiscal year for the Housing and Community Development Authority's Hawaii community development revolving fund, and the current fiscal year for the four Department of Land and Natural Resources special funds.

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. 1158, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1158, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.