STAND. COM. REP. NO. 758

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1248

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1248, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to expand the revenue stream into the Hawaiian language college revolving fund at the University of Hawaii at Hilo by allowing any funds generated by the Hawaiian Language College, Hawaiian Language Support Center, and indigenous outreach program through fees for service, training, and the sale of all products to be deposited into the revolving fund.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Aha Punana Leo, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that the Hawaiian Language College at the University of Hawaii at Hilo has established a wide range of Hawaiian language academic programs and a Hawaiian Language Support Center that draw many visitors from other states and countries.  Your Committee further finds that the Hawaiian Language College requires a broader income base to support its mission.  Your Committee believes that the expanded revenue stream will assist in increasing the revolving fund's income, thereby enabling the revolving fund to more adequately cover the Hawaiian Language College's programs costs.

     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 S.B. No. 1248, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair