HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2002

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN ARTIFACTS.

 

 

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

 


     Section 1.  Section 6E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:

     ""Hawaiian artifacts" means objects or materials associated with the culture, history, or heritage of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands which exercised sovereignty and subsisted in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, and which peoples thereafter continued to reside in Hawaii."

     SECTION 2.  Section 6E-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§6E-7  State title to historic property.  (a)  All historic property located on lands or under waters owned or controlled by the State shall be the property of the State.  The control and management of the historic property shall be vested in the department.

     (b)  The department may dispose of the historic property subject to chapter 171 and subject further to those reservations, restrictions, covenants, or conditions which relate to the preservation of the historic property, such as rights of access, public visitation, operation, maintenance, restoration, and repair.  The department shall determine the conditions for any research affecting the historic property and may issue permits for the research.

     (c)  The State shall hold known burial sites located on lands or under waters owned or controlled by the State in trust for preservation or proper disposition by the lineal or cultural descendants.

     (d)  The State shall not transfer any historic property or aviation artifact under its jurisdiction without the concurrence of the department, and shall not transfer any burial site under its jurisdiction without consulting the appropriate island burial council.

     (e)  The State shall hold Hawaiian artifacts found on lands or under waters owned or controlled by the State in trust for preservation or proper disposition."

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.  

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST


 


 

Report Title:

Hawaiian Artifacts; Historic Preservation

 

Description:

Requires the State to hold Hawaiian artifacts found on lands or under waters controlled by the State in trust for preservation and disposition.

 

 

 

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