STAND. COM. REP. NO. 613

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 573

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 573, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an appropriation to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to effectively assess and track programmatic needs of applicants on its waitlists to determine the amount of future appropriations the department needs for various activities.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Alapaki Nahale-A, Chairman, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; and Alan T. Murakami, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation.

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is in need of funding for a variety of projects, including:

     (1)  The development of home, agriculture, farm, and ranch lots;

     (2)  Making home, agriculture, aquaculture, farm, and ranch loans; and

     (3)  Rehabilitation projects that improve the general welfare and condition of native Hawaiians.

     This appropriation will enable the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to effectively assess and track the needs of its program participants and applicants on its waitlists for lands to determine the amount of future appropriation the department requires.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the amount of the appropriation to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to an unspecified sum to facilitate further discussion on the issue.

     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. 573, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 573, S.D. 2, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair