STAND. COM. REP. NO.  872

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 622

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 622, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC TRUST LAND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to facilitate the continuing preservation, restoration, and appropriate use of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve by:

(1)  Authorizing the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) to transfer funds from the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DNLR) public land trust accounts to the Kahoolawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund (Fund); and

(2)  Directing the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to expend a portion of its public land trust revenues for purposes consistent with those of the Fund.

OHA, DLNR, and Ka Lahui Hawaii Political Action Committee opposed this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Budget and Finance commented on this measure.   

     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 H.B. No. 622, 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