STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3524

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2179

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2179, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Aha Moku Advisory Committee, five members of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Koolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, Queen Emma Hawaiian Civic Club, and eleven individuals.

     Your Committee finds that, pursuant to section 171-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Aha Moku Advisory Committee advises the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources on various subjects related to the Aha Moku system.  Your Committee further finds that it is the intent of this measure to provide the Aha Moku Advisory Committee with the funding necessary to perform its duties.

     Your Committee notes that the measure, as received, provides an appropriation of $250,000 in general funds for the administration, operation, and community outreach expenses of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee.  Your Committee further notes that the Executive Supplemental Budget for fiscal year 2016-2017 provides $126,514 ($39,000 in general funds and $87,514 in trust funds) to fund an executive director, travel, and community outreach.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the amount of the appropriation from $250,000 to an unspecified amount; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2076, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2179, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2179, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair