STAND. COM. REP. NO. 542

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1675
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred H.B. No. 1675 entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TRUST
     INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to extend the time to process
individual Hawaiian home lands trust claims.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Individual Claims Review Panel, Office
of Hawaiian Affairs, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Hawaiian
Political Action Council of Hawaii, and a private citizen. 

     Additional testimony was received from the Office of the
Attorney General and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

     Your Committee finds the review of all claims before the
Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Individual Claims Review Panel to be of
great importance.  The extension of the Claims Review Panel will
provide the opportunity to complete the work in this area.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 1675 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.


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



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair