STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1020-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1999

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1999, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require certain government decision-makers at the state and county level to complete a training course within a certain period of time from their initial appointment, election, or hire. The training is administered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, on Native Hawaiian and Hawaiian traditional and customary rights, natural resource protection and access rights, and the public trust, including the State's trust responsibility.

The Ko‘olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and a few concerned individuals supported this measure. The Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies opposed this measure. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, Council Chair of the Maui County Council, and County of Maui Department of Planning submitted comments 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. 1999, H.D. 2, 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