STAND. COM. REP. NO. 22-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: H.B. No. 1795
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1795 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KEIKI, ‘OPIO, AND KUPUNA TRUST FUND,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Establish an ecotourism program for individuals to purchase native or food-bearing trees to be planted on government-owned lands; and
(2) Establishes the Keiki, ‘Opio, and Kupuna Trust Fund to:
(A) Collect funds received by the ecotourism program;
(B) Support the ecotourism program; and
(C) After ten years from the date of its establishment, use the interest earned on the trust corpus solely for educational programs that support the State's children and youth and caregiving services that support and benefit the State's elderly population.
Your Committees have amended the measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1795, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1795, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Water & Land,
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____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair |
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____________________________ FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair |
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