STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1330-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2567

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2567, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN BENEFICIARIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, with the assistance of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, to create an interactive digital database software program of its applicant, beneficiary, and lessee records, which must contain relevant information on each individual's homestead lease application status, number of applications, address, number of denied leases, designated successors, and history of obtaining leases as an applicant or as a successor, as well as other relevant information as determined by the Hawaiian Homes Commission, by July 1, 2023.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the compilation of applicant and other relevant information into a single interactive database will increase efficiency within the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and reduce the potential for lease award abuses.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to January 1, 2222, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2567, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2567, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair