KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Chair |
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Senator Kurt Fevella, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 |
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1:01 PM |
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Conference Room 224 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A M E N D E D A G E N D A
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND. Appropriates funds to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for the retention of third party professionals with the necessary financial, accounting, and land inventory expertise to evaluate and address the completeness and accuracy of the public land trust information system, so that the Public Land Trust Working Group can complete its objectives pursuant to Act 226, Session Laws of 2022. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded.
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HWN, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE STATE SEAL. Requires the use of modern Hawaiian orthography, including the kahakō and ʻokina, on the state seal. Provides that valid representations of the seal created before this Act shall remain valid.
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HWN, WAM |
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RELATING TO HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. 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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HWN, JDC |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Excludes from any waiting list maintained by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands any lessee or successor who sells or transfers their lease on a tract of Hawaiian home lands for personal gain. Establishes that the Hawaiian Homes Commission shall have a right of first refusal for the sale or transfer of a lessee's interest in the lease when the sale or transfer is for personal gain.
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HWN, JDC [Measure added on 02/02/2024] |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro Chair |
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