Bill Text: HI HR179 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Resolution 179 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Aha Moku Advisory Committee

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-25 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Yamane excused (2). [HR179 Detail]

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	179
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

requesting a financial report from the aha moku advisory committee.

WHEREAS, Act 288, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, established the Aha Moku Advisory Committee as part of the Department of Land and Natural Resources for administrative purposes; and

WHEREAS, the Aha Moku Advisory Committee was established to serve in an advisory capacity to the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources on issues related to land and natural resources management through the aha moku system; and

WHEREAS, the aha moku system is a system of best practices that is based upon the indigenous resource management practices of moku boundaries, which acknowledges the natural contours of land, the specific resources located within those areas, and the methodology necessary to sustain resources and the community; and

WHEREAS, Act 288 provided the Department of Land and Natural Resources with a general fund appropriation for fiscal year 2012-2013, for the administrative costs related to carrying out the duties of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2014, that the Chairperson of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee is requested to submit to the Legislature, not later than June 30, 2014, a financial report, covering fiscal years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, that itemizes the following matters in an appropriate format:

(1) Sources of funding, including general funds and interdepartmental transfers;

(2) Expenditures made, including both amounts and purposes;

(3) Projected expenditures; and

(4) Operational costs; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee and the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources.