HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

 

COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Rep. Mele Carroll, Chair

Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Della Au Belatti

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Joe Bertram, III

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Tom Brower

Rep. Gene Ward

Rep. John M. Mizuno

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 905

Status

RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS.

Places the aha kiole advisory committee with the office of Hawaiian affairs for administrative purposes.  Appropriates funds.

 

HAW, WLO, FIN

HB 1806

Status

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

Establishes the Aha Ahupua‘a Task Force to establish a hiearchy of natural resource advisory councils known as Aha Ahapua‘a Councils.  Establishes an Aha Kiole Council and Aha Moku councils to advise the state and counties on traditional land management and natural resources issues.

 

HAW, WLO, FIN

HB 1658

Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes and funds a traditional Hawaiian navigation pilot program in the public schools.

 

HAW, EDN, FIN

HB 928

Status

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DOUBLE HULLED CANOE.

Appropriates money for Hui Wa'a O Kaulua to the develop and construct a double-hulled canoe.

 

HAW, FIN

HB 1661

Status

RELATING TO KULEANA LANDS.

Requires the office of Hawaiian affairs to hold in trust any lands where the owner of an inheritable interest in kuleana lands dies intestate and there is no taker under the Hawaii uniform probate code, for 10 years before passing to the office of Hawaiian affairs.

 

HAW, JUD, FIN

HB 1662

Status

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Clarifies that a burial site may include a cave or lava tube or a portion of a cave or lava tube.  Defines burial cave.

 

HAW, WLO, FIN

HB 1664

Status

RELATING TO CORRECTIONS.

Establishes a program within the Department of Public Safety that assigns select, non-violent inmates on a work detail that restores historical sites selected by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

HAW, PBS, FIN

HB 1665

Status

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN FISHPONDS.

Prohibits the sale of public lands on which government-owned Hawaiian fishponds are located.

 

HAW, WLO, FIN

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing with a transmittal cover indicating:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee the comments are directed to;

·     The date and time of the hearing;

·     Measure number; and

·     The number of copies the Committee is requesting. 

 

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Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:   5 copies (including an original) to Room 406 in the State Capitol;

FAX:        For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 586-8464 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (Neighbor Islands); or

EMAIL:   For comments less than 5 pages in length, transmit to HAWtestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov.

 

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Rep. Mele Carroll

Chair