STAND. COM. REP. NO.  252-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1222

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1222 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enhance fiscal support for the Hawaiian Language College at the University of Hawaii at Hilo by expanding the range of revenues eligible for deposit into the Hawaiian Language College Revolving Fund to include income generated for services, trainings, and products sold by the Hawaiian Language College, Hawaiian Language Support Center, and Indigenous Outreach Program.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaiian Language College at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Kamehameha Schools, Ho‘omana Pono, LLC, and a few individuals testified in support of this measure.  The University of Hawaii at Hilo testified in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to December 24, 2088, to encourage further discussion.

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1222, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1222, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Higher Education.

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

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KANIELA ING, Chair