STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1203

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 961

      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 S.B. No. 961 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the membership of the Hawaiian Homes Commission to reduce the number of members required from the City and County of Honolulu and add one member from the island of Lanai.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kailapa Community Association, Ho‘omana Pono, LLC., and several individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to December 24, 2088, to encourage further discussion.  Technical changes were also made 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 S.B. No. 961, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 961, 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