STAND. COM. REP. NO. 113

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1234

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1234 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to correct an error in the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2016. 

Specifically, this measure clarifies that the county affiliated with the construction for which funds were appropriated to the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission is the County of Maui, not the County of Hawaii.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that the intent of Act 124, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, section 5, item D-14, was to appropriate funds for the plans and design of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission education center, exhibit area/visitor center, and administrative building in Kihei, Maui.  The amendment made by this measure will correct an inadvertent error in Act 124 to clarify that the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission is affiliated with the County of Maui, instead of the County of Hawaii.

     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. 1234 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair