STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1601-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2953

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 3

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2953, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE RESOURCES ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allocate to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands 100 percent of the royalties received by the State from geothermal resources located on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Indigenous Consultants LLC provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the percentage of royalties allocated to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from geothermal resources from 100 percent to an unspecified amount; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2953, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2953, S.D. 1, H.D. 3.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair