STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1594

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 573

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 573, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) to effectively assess and track the programmatic needs of applicants on DHHL's waitlists to determine the amount of future appropriations required by DHHL for various homestead loans, the development of various homestead lots, rehabilitation projects to improve the general welfare of native Hawaiians, and DHHL operations.

     DHHL supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 573, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 573, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair