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 S.B. No. 1294, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to preserve native Hawaiian culture by providing that a portion of public land trust proceeds be expended by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to repair and maintain the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna 'Ala.

OHA, Kamehameha Schools, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. The Charles R. Bishop Trust supported this measure with comments. The Department of Land and Natural Resources did not support this bill.

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. 1294, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.