Bill Text: HI HB2806 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Native Hawaiians; Aha Moku Advisory Committee; Appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-10 - (S) Act 288, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1405). [HB2806 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB2806-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2952
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 2806
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2806, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to protect Hawaii's environment, to promote sustainability in Hawaii, and to preserve the Hawaiian culture by:
(1) Establishing the Aha Moku Advisory Committee within the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and
(2) Authorizing the Committee to advise the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources on issues related to land and natural resources management.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Oahu Council, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; Ko‘olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club; and Maunalua Hawaiian Civic Club. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
Your Committees find that the aha moku system protected the environment and sustained Hawaii's resources for thousands of years. The aha moku system acknowledges the natural contours of land, the specific resources located within specific areas, and the methodology necessary to sustain resources and the community.
Your Committees note that concerns have been expressed about placing the Aha Moku Advisory Committee within the Department of Land and Natural Resources. The purposes of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee are similar to the purposes for which the Office of Hawaiian Affairs was created.
Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting its contents and replacing them with the contents of S.B. No. 3053, S.D. 2, which:
(A) Places the Aha Moku Advisory Committee within the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for administrative purposes;
(B) Authorizes the Aha Moku Advisory Committee to advise the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on matters relating to land and natural resource management;
(C) Appropriates an unspecified amount out of general funds to be expended by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the administrative costs of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee; and
(D) Inserts a new part establishing a quorum requirement for meetings of Island Burial Councils; and
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2012.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2806, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2806, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land, and Housing,
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____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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____________________________ BRICKWOOD GALUTERIA, Chair |
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