Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 911 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify and define the public land trust and classify the various categories of revenue derived from this land trust that are to be used by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for improving the conditions of Native Hawaiians.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Your Committee finds that the State's obligation to native Hawaiians is firmly established in the Hawaii Constitution. This measure clarifies the State's constitutional obligation to native Hawaiians to effectuate the right of native Hawaiians to benefit directly from the revenue derived from the public land trust.

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. 911 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.