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. 925, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Governor to appoint one member of the Land Use Commission from a list of three nominees submitted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Testimony in support of the measure was submitted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Land Use Commission, and one individual. Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted by the State Office of Planning, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, and the Hawaii Association of Realtors.

This measure ensures native Hawaiian representation on the Land Use Commission. Sound and prudent management of all state land resources is of critical importance to native Hawaiians both as a revenue source for their self-determination as well as for the preservation of their religious and cultural practices.

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. 925, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.