STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1269-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: S.B. No. 2623
S.D. 2
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. 2623, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee finds that certain Native Hawaiians who are
eligible for a lease pursuant to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as
amended, have acquired a lease, sold or transferred their interest in the
lease, and then placed their name on the waiting list for a second lease of
Hawaiian home lands. This has
contributed to many otherwise eligible Native Hawaiians never receiving a lease
offer. Your Committee believes that all
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands beneficiaries should be able to enter the Hawaiian
Homes Commission Act program with a reasonable expectation of eventually
receiving a lease.
Your Committee has amended this measure by 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. 2623, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2623, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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