THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	835
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the State board on geographic names.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 4E-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§4E-1 State board on geographic names. There shall be in the office of planning a state board on geographic names, consisting of the following persons or their representatives: the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources, the chairperson of the office of Hawaiian affairs, the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission, the director of the office of planning, the president of the University of Hawaii, the state land surveyor, [and] the director of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum[.], and a community liaison appointed by the chairperson of the state board on geographic names. The members of the board shall serve without compensation.

Section 26-34 shall not apply to this board."

SECTION 2. Section 4E-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) The department of land and natural resources shall publish and send an annual list of its decisions, together with information regarding location, the origin and meaning of names, and [alternate] variant names and spellings for the features named, [which list together] to the appropriate state and other agencies, and provide the same publication, along with [the] pertinent information [shall be sent], to the [board of geographic names of the United States.] United States Board on Geographic Names."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

State Board on Geographic Names

Description:

Adds a community liaison to the membership of the state board on geographic names. Requires the department of land and natural resources to publish and send a listing of its decisions, along with other information, to state and other agencies, and provide the same publication, along with pertinent information, to the United States Board on Geographic Names.

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