Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 137 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and the State of Hawaii to affirm and support the historic, cultural, and sacred significance of Mauna`ala.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Charles R. Bishop Trust, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that since 1865, Mauna`ala has been the resting place of the ali`i of the Kamehameha and Kalakaua dynasties. For years, groups such as the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, various other civic clubs, the Charles R. Bishop Trust, and the students of Kamehameha Schools have all contributed to the care and maintenance of Mauna`ala. Your Committee further finds that Mauna`ala is a unique cultural treasure and is deserving of appropriate care and upkeep by the State of Hawaii.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 137 and recommends its adoption.