STAND. COM. REP. NO. 654

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 995

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 995, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to address the additional income and proceeds that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is to receive from the public land trust pursuant to article XII, sections 4 and 6, of the Hawaii Constitution, for the period November 7, 1978 to July 1, 2009.

     Specifically, this measure:

(1)  Conveys certain parcels of real property in fee simple to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and

(2)  Supports the conveyance with appropriate provisions, such as exempting all the conveyed lands from the definition of "public lands" in chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and exempting the conveyed lands located in Kakaako from the authority of the Hawaii community development authority under chapter 206E, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received one written comment on this measure.  A copy of the written comment submitted is available for review on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that this measure allows the State to effectively and responsibly meet part of its constitutional obligation to native Hawaiians by addressing the additional amount of income and proceeds that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is to receive from the public trust for the period November 7, 1978, to July 1, 2009.

     Your Committee amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments and changing the effective date to July 1, 2070, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 995, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 995, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair