HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2001

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Rep. Eric G. Hamakawa, Chair

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair

Rep. Lei Ahu Isa

Rep. Terry Nui Yoshinaga

Rep. Ed Case

Rep. Emily J. Auwae

Rep. Jerry Chang

Rep. Joe Gomes

Rep. Ezra Kanoho

Rep. Barbara Marumoto

Rep. Hermina Morita

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Joe Souki

Rep. Paul Whalen

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Tuesday, February 13, 2001

TIME:

2:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HB 144

RELATING TO KAHO`OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE.

Authorizes the Kaho`olawe Island Reserve Commission (Commission) to solicit and accept grants, donations, and contributions. Renames the Rehabilitation Trust Fund to the Kaho`olawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund (Trust Fund). Requires the deposit of grants, donations, and contributions into the Trust Fund. Deletes the repeal date of the Trust Fund. Requires the Commission to submit annual reports on the Trust Fund to the Legislature.

JHA, FIN

HB 624

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED.

Clarifies that the requirements to report to the legislature annually on lands leased or subleased applies only to those lands leased in accordance with chapter 171.

JHA

HB 625

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED.

Requires that a majority of the Hawaiian homes commission be comprised of members with at least one quarter Hawaiian blood.

JHA

HB 626

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED.

Authorizes the Department to require a successor or successors who receives a homestead lease due to the death of a lessee leaving no qualified successor, or the cancellation of a lease by the Department, or the surrender of a lease by the lessee, to secure private financing to repay any advances made from the Hawaiian home loan fund or Hawaiian home general loan fund.

JHA, FIN

HB 627

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED.

Exempts the descendants of native Hawaiian individuals who received a homestead lease pursuant to the Acts of 1934 and 1952 referenced in section 209(a) from the blood requirements to succeed to homestead lease in the same manner that non-native Hawaiians are currently exempt.

JHA, FIN

HB 918

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

Allows the department of Hawaiian home lands the authority to hire its own staff attorney.

JHA, FIN

HB 1399

RELATING TO SPECIAL ATTORNEYS GENERAL.

Appropriates funds for the Attorney General to appoint two special deputy attorneys general to defend against lawsuits brought by Patrick Barrett against the State and John Carroll against various State department heads based on alleged constitutional violations of certain government entities.

JHA, FIN

HB 1360

RELATING TO THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN TRUST.

Transfers responsibilities for the Hawaiian home lands and OHA to a private trust, the Native Hawaiian Trust.

JHA, FIN

HB 1370

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT OF 1920, AS AMENDED.

Transfers the Hawaiian Homes Commission and the department of Hawaiian home lands from the state to the bona fide representative of beneficiaries of the department of Hawaiian home lands.

JHA, FIN

HB 1361

RELATING TO A HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TASK FORCE.

Establishes a Hawaiian affairs task force, jointly chaired by the house and senate, to research and suggest options for the future of the Hawaiian people.

JHA, FIN

HB 1369

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS.

Proposing a constitutional amendment recognizing native Hawaiians as the indigenous people of Hawaii and mandating the State to seek federal recognition of that status.

JHA, FIN

FOR DECISION MAKING ONLY, PREVIOUSLY HEARD ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2001

HB 176

HD1

(HSCR21)

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Mandates substance abuse assessment/treatment for offenders under the custody of the Department of Public Safety. Implements a policy shift in addressing non-violent drug possession offenses by requiring mandatory community-supervision and treatment in lieu of incarceration. (HD1)

PSM, JHA, FIN

HB 733

(HSCR28)

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Provides that service of process upon the university shall be made by delivering the complaint and the summons to the university's general counsel or to any attorney in the office of the university general counsel.

HED, JHA, FIN

FOR DECISION MAKING, PREVIOUSLY HEARD ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2001

HB 1000

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Makes a biennial appropriation to the judiciary for operating and capital improvement expenses.

JHA, FIN

HB 1100

RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Appropriate funds for the office of Hawaiian affairs' biennial operating budget.

JHA, FIN

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE JHA COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-8480.

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Rep. Eric G. Hamakawa

Chair