STAND. COM. REP. NO.  509

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 400

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 400 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) for fiscal biennium 2011-2013.

     OHA, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Ko'olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, and Alu Like, Inc. testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 400 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair