Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2204, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to further the Legislature's attempt to determine the pro rata portion of the public land trust to be transferred to, managed, and administered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) for the betterment of the conditions of native Hawaiians pursuant to Article XII, section 6 of the Hawaii Constitution. Specifically, this bill:

OHA, the Attorney General, Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Alu Like, Inc., Na Pua No'eau, and Daughters and Sons of the Hawaiian Warriors-Mamakakaua testified in support of this bill. The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) opposed this measure in part and offered comments.

Your Committee wishes to note the concerns of DLNR that it may not have the resources to adequately account for the receipts generated by all state departments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion. Your Committee has also made technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

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 H.B. No. 2204, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2204, H.D. 2.