STAND. COM. REP. NO. 602

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1406

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1406 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR IOLANI PALACE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate $200,000 from the general revenues in fiscal year 2019-2020 for the operation and maintenance of Iolani Palace.

The O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources offered comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1406, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1406, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair