STAND. COM. REP. NO. 723

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 695

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 695, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to create a digital database of its applicant, beneficiary, and lessee records.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and Hawaiian Community Assets.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

Your Committee finds that creating a digital database of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' beneficiary records will help beneficiaries to determine their application status more easily and efficiently.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the appropriation to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 695, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 695, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair