STAND. COM. REP. NO.  62

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 251

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 251 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a fee of $1 for certified copies of birth, marriage, divorce, or death certificates that are required to prove to the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission that an individual is a qualified Native Hawaiian.

The Department of Health and a few individuals opposed this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and an individual provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the $1 fee shall also apply to certified copies of birth, marriage, divorce, or death certificates sought as proof of an individual's Native Hawaiian ancestry for the purpose of inclusion in the registry of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 251, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 251, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Health.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair