STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1376

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1146
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 1146, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION
     ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of the bill, as received by your Committee, is
to allow a Hawaiian homestead lessee to transfer the lessee's
interest to a spouse, child, or grandchild who is at least one-
quarter Hawaiian.

     Testimony in support of this bill was received from the
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands, the State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, and
several individuals.

     Your Committee finds that there is a need to extend the time
to process individual Hawaiian Home Lands Trust claims to assure
the timely adjudication of all claims by the Hawaiian Home Lands
Trust Individual Claims Review Panel.

     Your Committee has therefore amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting its contents;


 
 
 
 
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     (2)  Inserting the provisions contained in H.B. No. 1675,
          H.D. 1, that extends the time to process individual
          Hawaiian Home Lands trust claims;

     (3)  Providing that actions are barred unless commenced by
          December 31, 2001; and

     (4)  Adjusting the term of the Panel members. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 1146, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1146, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair