Bill Text: HI SB3053 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Native Hawaiians; Aha Moku Advisory Committee; Appropriation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-17 - (H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 757). [SB3053 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB3053-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2784

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 3053

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3053, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the Aha Moku Advisory Committee within the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to serve in an advisory capacity to the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

     In addition, this measure establishes a reduced quorum requirement for Island Burial Council meetings to help facilitate the meetings and business of the Council on each island.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Ko'olaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; Kako'o Oiwi; Pacific and Asian American Center for Theologies and Strategies; Maunalua Hawaiian Civic Club; Ko'olau Foundation; Oahu Council Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; and two individuals.  Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Society for Hawaiian Archaeology and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the native Hawaiian culture has knowledge that has been passed on for generations for the purpose of perpetuating traditional protocols, care for and protecting the environment, and strengthening cultural and spiritual connections.  The Aha Moku Advisory Committee established in this measure will help foster understanding and practical use of native Hawaiian methodology and expertise to promote responsible stewardship of Hawaii's environment.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified sum to facilitate further discussion.

 

     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. 3053, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3053, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair