STAND. COM. REP. NO. 280
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2017
RE: H.B. No. 863
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 Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 863 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Ho‘omana Pono, LLC. and several individuals testified in support of this measure. The Judiciary and Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies testified in opposition to this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Additionally requiring the Judiciary to provide access to the State Constitution translated in Hawaiian on the Judiciary's website;
(2) Appropriating funds to the Judiciary for the purposes of this measure; and
(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 863, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 863, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ KANIELA ING, Chair |
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