STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. 2106

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2440

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture, to which was referred S.B. No. 2440 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the definition of "family" for purposes of homestead leases to include biological, adopted, and hanai first cousins.

Testimony in opposition was received from the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Comments were received from the Hawaiian Political Action Council of Hawaii.

This measure recognizes the extended family nature of Hawaiian culture and relationships. Your Committee believes that current law should be amended to accommodate these practices.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2440 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Agriculture,

		____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair