STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3009

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2179

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2179, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

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

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Aha Moku Advisory Committee, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Marine and Coastal Zone Advocacy Council Ke Kahu O Na Kumu Wai, Ho Mai Ka Pono, South Kona Aha Moku, Waianae Hawaiian Civic Club, Makaha Hawaiian Civic Club, Kalihi Palama Hawaiian Civic Club, and eight individuals.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from Ho‘okipa Network Kauai.

     Your Committees find that the funds appropriated in this measure will allow the Aha Moku Advisory Committee to fulfill its mission and the provisions set forth in section 171-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by removing its contents and inserting the contents of S.B. No. 2161, S.D. 1, Regular Session of 2016, thereby:

     (1)  Combining the appropriation for community outreach efforts of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee with the appropriation for administrative and operational expenses of the committee;

     (2)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $250,000;

     (3)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2016; and

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

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, and Agriculture that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2179, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2179, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, and Agriculture,

________________________________ MIKE GABBARD, Chair

________________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair