STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1249-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 233

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. 233 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE HAWAIIAN HISTORY, CULTURAL, AND LANGUAGE TRAINING TO ALL ITS EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Department of Land and Natural Resources emphasize the importance of Hawaiian history, culture, and language during the orientation of all new employees and the training of all new and existing administrators.

The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

     Your Committee respectfully requests that, should your Committee on Finance consider this measure, that it consider appropriating $80,000 to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to implement the training requested by this measure.

     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. 233 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair