STAND. COM. REP. NO.  111

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1087

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1087 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a non-partisan primary election process to narrow the number of candidates for the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to no more than two candidates per available seat at general election.

 

     An individual supported this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Department of the Attorney General, and the Office of Elections commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting duplicative language at the suggestion of the Department of the Attorney General;

 

     (2)  Making conforming amendments to additional statutory provisions regarding an OHA board member's term of office and vacancies by removing references to special elections; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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 H.B. No. 1087, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1087, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

		____________________________ FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair