STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3661

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 188

       H.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.C.R. No. 188, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC LAND TRUST REVENUES NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a Public Land Trust Revenues Negotiating Committee to discuss the appropriate amount of income and proceeds from the public land trust that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will receive as its pro rata portion of the public land trust.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of the Attorney General, Ko‘olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, and seven individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

     Your Committee finds that Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, was not intended to be the final resolution to the issue of the pro rata portion of the public land trust that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is to receive.  Your Committee further finds that this measure will advance the process of resolving this funding issue between the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the State.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 188, H.D. 1, and recommends that it 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