STAND. COM. REP. NO.  66

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1224

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1224 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide adequate funding for the long-term restoration of Kahoolawe by allocating ten percent of the conveyance tax to replenish the Kahoolawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund.

 

     The Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission, Aha Kiole Advisory Committee, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1224 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair