Report Title:

Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Description:

Allows the office of Hawaiian affairs' board of trustees to determine how beneficiaries in every county may participate in the preparation of each biennial and supplemental office of Hawaiian affairs budget.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1545
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 10-14.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended be amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The board shall provide opportunities for beneficiaries in every county to participate in the preparation of each biennial and supplemental budget of the office of Hawaiian affairs[.]; provided that the board in its discretion shall choose the best method to provide these opportunities; including, but not limited to:

(1) Publication of the proposed budget on the website of the office of Hawaiian affairs; and

(2)  [These opportunities shall include an] An accounting by trustees of the funds expended and of the effectiveness of programs undertaken[.];

provided further that meetings in every county concerning the proposed budget are not required."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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