STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1019

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 3

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 3, S.D. 1, 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 repeal the special election process for the election of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustee members and establish a system of nonpartisan primary and general elections to begin with the 2014 election.

 

     The Hawaiian Affairs Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  Na Koa Ikaika provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Office of Elections, and Elections Division of the County of Kauai provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 S.B. No. 3, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3, S.D. 1, 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