CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 53

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    H.B. No. 785

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 785, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRODUCTION OF RECORDS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Require the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission (Commission), in cooperation with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, to submit an annual report to the Legislature beginning with the Regular Session of 2014, including the status of the preparation of the Native Hawaiian Roll, the Commission's expenditures, and the concerns or recommendations of the Commission;

     (2)  Clarify that the Commission is responsible for including individuals who meet the ancestry requirements of Kamehameha Schools or of any Hawaiian registry program of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on the Native Hawaiian Roll as "qualified Native Hawaiians";

     (3)  Specify that the Commission shall include on the Native Hawaiian Roll and extend all rights and recognitions of other members of the Native Hawaiian Roll to any person already registered with the State as a certified Hawaiian or Native Hawaii through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; and

     (4)  Eliminate the directive from Act 195, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, relating to the recognition of Native Hawaiians as Hawaii's indigenous people, that the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, be amended in accordance with Act 195.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing language that would have required the Commission, in cooperation with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, to submit an annual report to the Legislature;

     (2)  Clarifying that an individual included on the Native Hawaiian Roll and treated as other members of the Native Hawaiian Roll based on that individual's previous registration with the State as a certified Hawaiian or Native Hawaiian through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs shall have that registration verified by the production of relevant Office of Hawaiian Affairs records;

     (3)  Reinstating the directive in Act 195, Session Laws of Hawaii, to amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, to accomplish the purposes of Act 195; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 785, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 785, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

________________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair	____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair
________________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair