STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3075

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2277

       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 Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2277, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KING KAMEHAMEHA CELEBRATION COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission (Commission) in its duties by:

     (1)  Amending the membership and the appointment process for Commission members;

     (2)  Authorizing the appointment of an advisory committee to advise the Commission Chairperson on the historical and archival background of the Commission; and

     (3)  Authorizing the appointment of an Executive Director to the Commission.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Makaha Hawaiian Civic Club, Waimānalo Hawaiian Homes Association, and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that this measure provides necessary updates to the membership of the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission and provides the Commission's chairperson with formal access to an advisory committee.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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 H.B. No. 2277, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2277, 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 Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair