STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1255-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 219

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 219 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT ITSELF IN AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT MANNER BY PROVIDING DOCUMENTATION OF ITS ACTIONS REGARDING LANDS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO ACT 15, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2012, AND URGING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO CONDUCT ITS ACTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE LANDS RECEIVED IN AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT MANNER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to conduct itself in an open and transparent manner by providing documentation of its actions regarding lands in Kakaako received pursuant to Act 15, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012.  This measure also urges the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to conduct its actions with regard to the foregoing lands in an open and transparent manner.

Kakaako United, Kakaako Makai Community Planning Advisory Council, Na Koa Ikaika, and two individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs provided comments.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 219 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Water & Land.

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

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair