STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2463

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2989

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2989 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN ROLL COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the law relating to the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission.

     Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which amends this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with language specifying that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs shall serve as the repository for the roll of qualified native Hawaiians, including all documents, records, and files associated with the roll, once the Native Hawaiian Roll Commission is dissolved.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2989, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2989, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair