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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to native hawaiian burials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§6E- Relocation of Native Hawaiian remains with unknown provenience. (a) It is the policy of the State to care for inadvertently discovered Native Hawaiian human remains in culturally appropriate ways. The preference for remains found at a burial site is for those remains to stay in place. If remains must be removed, the owner of the land from which the remains were found shall provide a burial site on the property from which the remains were found. However, in cases where no provenience is known, such as when human remains are returned from abroad; where remains cannot be returned to the initial burial site and are not assigned an alternative burial site by the department; or in other special situations as determined by the department, notwithstanding sections 6E-6, 6E-43, 6E-43.5, and 6E-43.6 to the contrary, Native Hawaiian remains in the possession of the department, or any state or county agency, shall be relocated annually to the island of Kaho‘olawe for interment.
(b) All access to reinterment sites on Kaho‘olawe shall be under the supervision and jurisdiction of the Kaho‘olawe island reserve commission."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Reinterment; Native Hawaiian Remains; Kaho‘olawe
Description:
Requires that iwi kupuna, or Native Hawaiian bones, in the possession of the State whose provenience is unknown, or for other special circumstance, be reinterred annually on the island of Kaho‘olawe.
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