STAND. COM. REP. NO. 594-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 2820
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2820, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAIIAN FISHPONDS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Adding as Part II of this measure the contents of H.B. No. 377 H.D. 2 from the 2011 legislative session, which provides state lease preferences for the reconstruction, restoration, repair, or use of Hawaiian fishponds;
(2) Prohibiting leases of public land containing existing or Hawaiian fishponds or a site of a traditional fishpond if the terms of the lease preclude or foreclose the use of the land as a Hawaiian fishpond, or loko i‘a;
(3) Adding a provision that requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to provide preference to the retention of the traditional name of a kanaka maoli fishpond, or loko i‘a;
(4) Clarifying that the Hawaiian fishponds and kanaka maoli fishponds are also generally referred to as loko i‘a in the Hawaiian language;
(5) Adding a provision that requires all Hawaiian fishponds held as public lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to be held in trust and transferred to a Native Hawaiian government upon the establishment of such a government;
(6) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2012; and
(7) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2820, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2820, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair |
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