STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1362-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2839

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2839, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repeal the directive to amend the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, as necessary to accomplish the purposes of Act 195, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, which created a Native Hawaiian Roll Commission to prepare and maintain a roll of qualified Native Hawaiians in anticipation of the development of a reorganized Native Hawaiian governing entity.  This repeal is based on the finding that no amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act are required to accomplish the purposes of Act 195.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2839, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair