STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1063-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2567

S.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 Higher Education & Technology, 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, history of obtaining leases as an applicant or as a successor, and other information as determined by the Hawaiian Homes Commission, by July 1, 2023.

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

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.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2567, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education & Technology,

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair