STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1580

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 786

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 786, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide funding for the Aha Moku Advisory Committee so that it may fulfill its statutory purposes of advising the Board of Land and Natural Resources on land and natural resource management practices based in native Hawaiian resource knowledge, methodology and expertise, and of providing community education and fostering cultural awareness on the benefits of the aha moku system.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Kalihi Palama Hawaiian Civic Club, and numerous concerned individuals supported this measure.  A few concerned individuals opposed this measure.  The Aha Moku Advisory Committee and Office of Hawaiian Affairs provided comments.  

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 786, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair