STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2184

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.C.R. No. 188

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 188 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO COMPLETE THE 2017 INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT REVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to complete the independent financial audit and management review of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and its subsidiaries authorized by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees in 2017.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Your Committee finds that in February of 2017, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees voted to begin the procurement process for an independent certified public accounting firm to conduct a financial audit and management review of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and its subsidiaries. Your Committee finds that completion of the 2017 independent financial audit and management review of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and its subsidiaries would identify areas of waste and inefficiency and enable the Board to tailor policy changes and improve its mission implementation.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 188, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair