Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 11, Number 3, 1 Malaki 1994 — Other important bills heard by House committees [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Other important bills heard by House committees

Bills passing first/second reading: •HB 2669. Relating to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Grants OHA the authority to issue general obligation bonds. •HB 2674 Permits the salaries of OHA trustees to be paid equally by OHA and the state, instead of from OHA revenues only.

•HB 2799. Relating to retirement benefits for OHA trustees. Gives OHA board members the option to participate in the state employees' retirement plan. •HB 3012. Relating to native Hawaiian water rights. Requires Hawaiian home lands beneficiary applicants to be eonsulted on current future water reserves and development. •HB 3033. Relating to public lands. Requires an appraisal of public lands when the Department of Land and Natural Resources disposes of them, to ensure that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands receives its entitlements. a •HB 3113. Relating to home-

stead leases. Provides for arbitration to aid families with homestead leases to determine their genealogy for purposes of determining Ieasehold interest. Allows the remaining homestead lessees to buy their lease for a nominal $ 1 . •HB 3155. Relating to the policy of DHHL regarding the death of a Iessee. Authorizes homestead lessees to designate, in addition to spouse and children, a grandchild who is at least 25 percent Hawaiian as a successor to the lease. •HB 2672. Relating to Hawaiian entitlements. Provides for the continued service of the court-appointed independent representative after Dec. 1, 1994, and to appropriate funds for that purpose.

•HB 3452. Relating to Hawaiiian Home Lands Trust individual claims. Establishes a process under whieh individual beneficiaries under the Hawaiian Home Lands trust may resolve claims for actual damages arising out of, or resulting from, breaches of trust, whieh occurred between Aug.21, 1959, andJune 30, 1989.

•HB 3565. Relating to public lands. Provides for the transfer of title by the governor to all public trust lands held by the Department of Land and Natural Resources in Kahalu'u, Waiāhole, Waikāne, Hakipu'u, Kualoa, Ka'a'awa, Kahana, Punalu'u, Hau'ula, and Lā'ie to DHHL in recompense for lands owed to Hawaiians. Bills held in committee

•HB 3564. Relating to public lands. Appropriates funds for OHA to publish informational brochures and conduct workshops for holders of 999-year homestead leases regarding the homestead lease program. •HB 3565. Relating to puhlie lands. Provides for the transfer of title by the governor of all public trast lands held by the Department of Land and Natural Resources in Kahalu'u, Waiāhole, Waikāne, Hakipu'u, Kualoa. Ka'a'awa, Kahana, Punalu'u, Hau'ula, and Lā'ie to DHHL in recompense for lands owed to Hawaiians.

Following are the Seventeenth Legislature Hawaiian Affairs committee chairs and members in both the state House and Senate, with their office and phone numbers. Offices are in the State Office Tower (Leiopapa O Kamehameha Bldg.). To receive hearing notices on matters of interest to you please contact eaeh committee's clerk and ask to be put on the hearing notice mailing list. Neighbor islanders may eall the toll-free number, 1-800-468-4644 and on a touch-tone phone puneh in the last five digits of the state number (prefix must be either 586-, 587-, or 548-).

House Committee on Hawaiian Affairs (HAW) Dennis A. Arakaki, chair Rm. 1 103, Ph. 586-6050 Peter K. Apo, vice-chair Rm. 902, Ph. 586-6040 D. Ululani Bierne Rm. 1109, Ph. 586-6470 Les Ihara, Jr. Rm. 1110, Ph. 586-6250 David Y. Ige Rm. 1003, Ph. 586-6230 Sam Lee Rm. 1209, Ph. 586-6290 Tom Okamura Rm. 1004, Ph. 586-6340 Larry S. Tanimoto Rm. 1306, Ph. 586-6350

Senate Committee on Government Operations, Environmental Protection and Hawaiian Affairs (GEH) Anthony K.U. Chang, chair Rm. 303, Ph. 586-6930 Eloise Tungpalan, vice-chair Rm. 503, Ph. 586-6820 Carol Fukunaga Rm. 302, Ph. 586-6890 Andrew Levin Rm. 301, Ph. 586-6760 Mālama Solomon Rm. 505, Ph. 586-6940 Joseph Tanaka Rm. 304, Ph. 586-7110 Rick Reed Rm. 308, Ph. 586-6970

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Members of the House Committee on Hawaiian Affairs.