THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	3363
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

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

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Hawaiian Home Lands Preservation Act".

SECTION 2. The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is amended by adding a new section to title 2 to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§ . Beneficiaries on waitlist; successors. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, a living beneficiary's place on the department of Hawaiian home land's waitlist for any residential or commercial agricultural tract available pursuant to this Act may be designated for transfer to a successor if the living beneficiary dies before receiving an offer for a tract; provided that the successor shall be at least one thirty-second Hawaiian."

SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

SECTION 4. 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 5. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval by the governor of the State of Hawaii with the consent of the United States Congress.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DHHL; Hawaiian Home Lands Preservation Act; Waitlist; Successors

Description:

Provides that a living beneficiary's place on the Department of Hawaiian Home Land's waitlist for any residential or commercial agricultural tract may be designated for transfer to a successor if the living beneficiary dies before receiving an offer for a tract; provided that the successor shall be at least 1/32 Hawaiian.

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