Requires OHA to establish and maintain a registry of all persons of Hawaiian ancestry, regardless of place of residence. (SB1156 HD1)

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Chapter 10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§10- Hawaiian registry. The office shall establish and maintain a registry of all Hawaiians wherever such persons may reside. Inclusion of persons in the Hawaiian registry shall be based upon genealogical records sufficient to establish the person's descent from the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands in 1778."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $        or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003-2004 and the sum of $        or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2004-2005 to carry out the purposes of this Act, including the hiring of necessary staff.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of Hawaiian affairs.

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided section 2 shall take effect on July 1, 2003.