HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2017
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ‘Āina I ka Pono
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Rep. Kaniela Ing, Chair |
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Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Richard P. Creagan |
Rep. Gregg Takayama |
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Rep. Lynn DeCoite |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
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Rep. Matthew S. LoPresti |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 |
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10:00 am |
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Conference Room 312 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Authorizes the Department of the Attorney General to administer a statewide program for management of data related to the overrepresentation of Native Hawaiians in the criminal justice system. Establishes positions. Makes appropriation.
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Reduces the minimum Hawaiian blood quantum requirement of certain successors to lessees of Hawaiian home lands from one-quarter to one thirty-second.
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RELATING TO THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR THE DISPOSITION OF REMNANTS. Provides the office of Hawaiian affairs with the right of first refusal for any disposition of public lands classified as remnants.
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OMH, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN EDUCATION. Appropriates funds for the Office of Hawaiian Education of the Department of Education.
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OMH, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION. Establishes the Hawaiian language university college as an autonomous entity within the University of Hawaii system to be located at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Implements an indigenous university college model by transferring the University of Hawaii at Hilo Hawaiian language college's rights, duties, powers, and functions to the Hawaiian language university college. Mandates the Hawaiian language university college and University of Hawaii at Hilo to enter into a memorandum of agreement by the end of the 2017-2018 academic year to establish shared operations and administration.
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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· The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;
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________________________________________ Rep. Kaniela Ing Chair |
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