STAND. COM. REP. NO.  479

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 900

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 900 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support programs that benefit Hawaiians and native Hawaiians by appropriating funds for the operating and capital improvement budgets of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

     The Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs and Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation supported this bill.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Papa Ola Lokahi, and Na Pua No'eau supported this bill and suggested amendments.

     Your Committee made technical, nonsubstantive amendments to this bill 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. 900, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 900, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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MELE CARROLL, Chair