STAND. COM. REP. NO.  805-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2179

      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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2179, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the administration and operation of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee and for community outreach.

The Aha Moku Advisory Committee, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Ali‘i Pauahi Hawaiian Civic Club, Makaha Hawaiian Civic Club, Kalihi Palama Hawaiian Civic Club, Foundation for Island of Harmony, and many individuals provided testimony in support of the measure.  Aha Moku o Wailuku and an individual provided testimony in opposition.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources provided comments.

     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 H.B. No. 2179, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair