STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3450

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 2

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE'S FULL COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5 OF ACT 178, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2006,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to obtain accurate information on the revenues generated from public trust lands.

     Specifically, the measure requests the Governor to:

     (1)  Direct the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to provide an accounting of all receipts from lands described in section 5(f) of the Admission Act, pursuant to section 5 of Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006; and

     (2)  Direct all state departments to comply fully with section 5 of Act 178.

     Written comments in support of this measure were submitted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.  Written comments in opposition to this measure were submitted by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and the Department of Human Services.  Written comments were submitted by the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, was enacted to ensure full disclosure of all revenues generated on public trust land and to promote accountability of the state agencies charged with utilizing and managing public land trust resources.  Your Committee also finds that the State has a fiduciary obligation as a trustee of the public land trust and that several agencies charged with managing public trust lands have not provided the receipts or a consistent and full accounting of the revenues generated from the public land trust.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the reference to the "President of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation" to the "Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation".

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 2, S.D. 2.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair