THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	85
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 219.1, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the department either alone or together with any other governmental agency, may:

(1) Form an insurance company, association (nonprofit or otherwise), pool, or trust;

(2) Acquire an existing insurance company;

(3) Enter into arrangements with one or more insurance companies; [or]

(4) Engage in lottery or bingo enterprises pursuant to applicable state law; or

[(4)] (5) Undertake any combination of the foregoing; upon such terms and conditions and for such periods, as the commission shall approve, to provide homeowner protection, including hurricane coverage, for lessees participating in such undertaking. Such undertaking shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 431P, including but not limited to section 431P-10(b), and chapter 431."

SECTION 2. The provisions of the amendments made by this Act to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, are declared to be severable, and if any section, sentence, clause, or phrase, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held ineffective because there is a requirement of having the consent of the United States to take effect, then that portion only shall take effect upon the granting of consent by the United States and effectiveness of the remainder of these amendments or the application thereof shall not be affected.

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

Report Title:

State Lottery; Department of Hawaiian Home Lands

Description:

Authorizes the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to engage in lottery and bingo enterprises pursuant to state law. (SD1)

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