REPORT TITLE:
Island burial councils


DESCRIPTION:
Clarifies the current law to make records of the department of
land and natural resources confidential if deemed sensitive by an
island burial council or the Hawaii historic places review board.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO ISLAND BURIAL COUNCILS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 6E-43.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(e)  Department records relating to the location and
 
 4 description of historic sites, including burial sites, if deemed
 
 5 sensitive by a council or the Hawaii historic places review
 
 6 board, [are exempted from the requirements of section 92F-12.]
 
 7 shall be confidential."
 
 8      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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12                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________