STAND. COM. REP. NO.  17-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2101

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. 2101 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize a portion of state conveyance tax revenues to be paid into the Kaho‘olawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund to replenish the Fund, which is used for the long-term rehabilitation of Kaho‘olawe and maintenance of the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve.

The Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments on this measure.

     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. 2101 and recommend that it pass Second Reading 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,

____________________________ CINDY EVANS, Chair

____________________________ FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair