STAND. COM. REP. NO.  64

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 895

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

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. 895 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AGENCIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the representation of the Hawaiian community on the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR), Commission on Water Resource Management (Water Commission), and Land Use Commission by increasing the memberships of these entities to include a member appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to represent the interests of OHA.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources submitted comments.

 

     After careful consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Increasing the number of members on the:

 

          (A)  BLNR, from seven to nine;

 

          (B)  Water Commission, from seven to nine; and

 

          (C)  Land Use Commission, from nine to eleven,

 

          to account for the added representative of OHA;

 

     (2)  Making other technical, conforming amendments to the memberships of the BLNR, Water Commission, and Land Use Commission; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 895, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 895, H.D. 1, 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