STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1292
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 780
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 780 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to authorize a homestead lessee who is at least one-quarter Hawaiian to designate a brother or sister who is at least one-quarter Hawaiian to succeed to the leasehold interest in the tract by amending the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended (HHCA).
The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands testified in support of this bill.
Your Committees find that Act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002, amended section 208(5) of the HHCA to extend the transfer rights of a lessee who is at least one-quarter Hawaiian to a brother or sister in addition to a spouse, child, or grandchild who is at least one-quarter Hawaiian. However, authority to designate a brother or sister who is at least one-quarter Hawaiian as a successor to the leasehold interest was not included in the amendment. This bill corrects that oversight.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 780 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Housing,
____________________________ MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair |
____________________________ SCOTT K. SAIKI, Chair |
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