STAND. COM. REP. NO.  134-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2529

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2529 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exempt expenditures and procurements of less than $250,000 from the Hawaiian Home Operating Fund, Hawaiian Home Receipts Fund, Hawaiian Home Trust Fund, and Native Hawaiian Rehabilitation Fund from the requirements of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Aha Moku Advisory Committee, Kuakini Hawaiian Civic Club of Kona, Sovereign Councils of the Hawaiian Homelands Assembly, Kewalo Hawaiian Homestead Community Association, Sovereign Mokupuni O Oahu, Waianae Kai Homestead Association, Nanakuli Homestead Community Association, and a concerned individual supported the measure.  The State Procurement Office opposed the 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. 2529 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Economic Revitalization & Business.

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

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair