Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB2594 Compare Versions

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1		-	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 2594 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 ~~S.D. 1~~ STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
	1	+	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 2594 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the department of hawaiian home lands. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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3	3		THE SENATE S.B. NO. 2594
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13	13		THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
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31	31		A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37		relating to the department of hawaiian home lands.
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43	43		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47		-	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that according to a survey conducted by the department of Hawaiian home lands in 2022, more than twenty-eight thousand native Hawaiian beneficiaries are currently on the homestead lease waiting list. The legislature further finds that when beneficiaries on the homestead lease waiting list pass away prior to receiving a lease award, the beneficiary ~~often~~ loses the ability to have their heirs succeed to a lease. Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to ~~authorize~~ the department of Hawaiian home lands ~~under the sole discretion of the Hawaiian homes commission,~~ to grant posthumous ~~undivided interest~~ lease awards directly to qualified successors of ~~deceased~~ beneficiaries who were on the waiting list; provided that the ~~qualified successor shall be of at least twenty-five per cent Hawaiian blood quantum; provided further that the successor shall~~ file a claim for a lease award within four years of the effective date of this Act. SECTION 2. (a) This Act shall be known as the "Fred Keakaokalani Cachola Act". (b) The department of Hawaiian home lands, at the sole discretion of the Hawaiian homes commission, may grant posthumous undivided interest lease awards directly to a successor of ~~at least twenty-five per cent Hawaiian blood quantum of~~ a ~~deceased~~ beneficiary who ~~was~~ on the waiting list~~; provided that~~ the ~~successor files~~ a claim for a lease award ~~within four years~~ of the ~~effective date of this Act~~. (c) The department of Hawaiian home lands shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to administer this Act within ~~two years~~ of the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on either the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification letter to the Congressional Committee Chairmen that this Act meets none of the criteria in title 43 Code of Federal Regulations section 48.20 necessitating Congressional approval~~, or on the date that the United States Congress's approval becomes law~~.
	47	+	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that according to a survey conducted by the department of Hawaiian home lands in 2022, more than twenty-eight thousand native Hawaiian beneficiaries are currently on the homestead lease waiting list. The legislature further finds that when beneficiaries on the homestead lease waiting list pass away prior to receiving a lease award, the beneficiary also loses the ability to have their heirs succeed to a lease. Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to allow the department of Hawaiian home lands to grant posthumous lease awards directly to qualified successors of elderly or terminally ill beneficiaries who were on the waiting list; provided that the successors file a claim for a lease award within four years of the effective date of this Act. SECTION 2. (a) Any qualified successor of a beneficiary who passed away while on the waiting list shall have four years from the effective date of this Act to file a claim for a lease award in place of the named deceased beneficiary. (b) The department of Hawaiian home lands shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to administer this Act within one year of the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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49		-	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that according to a survey conducted by the department of Hawaiian home lands in 2022, more than twenty-eight thousand native Hawaiian beneficiaries are currently on the homestead lease waiting list. The legislature further finds that when beneficiaries on the homestead lease waiting list pass away prior to receiving a lease award, the beneficiary ~~often~~ loses the ability to have their heirs succeed to a lease.
	49	+	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that according to a survey conducted by the department of Hawaiian home lands in 2022, more than twenty-eight thousand native Hawaiian beneficiaries are currently on the homestead lease waiting list. The legislature further finds that when beneficiaries on the homestead lease waiting list pass away prior to receiving a lease award, the beneficiary also loses the ability to have their heirs succeed to a lease.
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51		-	Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to ~~authorize~~ the department of Hawaiian home lands ~~under the sole discretion of the Hawaiian homes commission,~~ to grant posthumous ~~undivided interest~~ lease awards directly to qualified successors of ~~deceased~~ beneficiaries who were on the waiting list; provided that the ~~qualified successor shall be of at least twenty-five per cent Hawaiian blood quantum; provided further that the successor shall~~ file a claim for a lease award within four years of the effective date of this Act.
	51	+	Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to allow the department of Hawaiian home lands to grant posthumous lease awards directly to qualified successors of elderly or terminally ill beneficiaries who were on the waiting list; provided that the successors file a claim for a lease award within four years of the effective date of this Act.
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53		-	SECTION 2. (a) This Act ~~shall be known as~~ the ~~"Fred Keakaokalani Cachola Act"~~.
	53	+	SECTION 2. (a) Any qualified successor of a beneficiary who passed away while on the waiting list shall have four years from the effective date of this Act to file a claim for a lease award in place of the named deceased beneficiary.
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55		-	(b) The department of Hawaiian home lands~~, at the sole discretion of the Hawaiian homes commission, may grant posthumous undivided interest lease awards directly~~ to ~~a successor of at least twenty-five~~ ~~per cent Hawaiian blood quantum of a deceased beneficiary who was on the waiting list; provided that the successor files a claim for a lease award~~ within ~~four years~~ of the effective date of this Act.
	55	+	(b) The department of Hawaiian home lands shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to administer this Act within one year of the effective date of this Act.
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57		-	~~(c) The department of Hawaiian home lands shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to administer~~ this Act ~~within two years of the effective date of this Act~~.
	57	+	SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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59		-	SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on either the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification letter to the Congressional Committee Chairmen that this Act meets none of the criteria in title 43 Code of Federal Regulations section 48.20 necessitating Congressional approval, or on the date that the United States Congress's approval becomes law.
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61		-	Report Title: DHHL; Fred Keakaokalani Cachola Act; Beneficiaries; Lease Awards; Successors; Successorship Claims Description: Authorizes qualified successors of at least twenty-five percent Hawaiian blood quantum of beneficiaries on the waiting list who died before receiving a lease to file a claim for a lease award within four years of the effective date. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to adopt rules within two years of the effective date. Takes effect on either the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification that congressional approval of this Act is unnecessary, or on the date of consent by the United States Congress. (SD1) The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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	61	+	INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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	71	+	Report Title: DHHL; Beneficiaries; Lease Awards; Successors; Successorship Claims Description: Authorizes qualified successors of beneficiaries on the waiting list who died before receiving a lease to file a claim for a lease award within four years of the effective date. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to adopt rules by a certain date. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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67		-	DHHL~~; Fred Keakaokalani Cachola Act~~; Beneficiaries; Lease Awards; Successors; Successorship Claims
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73		-	Authorizes qualified successors ~~of at least twenty-five percent Hawaiian blood quantum~~ of beneficiaries on the waiting list who died before receiving a lease to file a claim for a lease award within four years of the effective date. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to adopt rules ~~within two years of the effective~~ date. ~~Takes effect on either the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification that congressional approval of this Act is unnecessary, or on the date of consent by the United States Congress. (SD1)~~
	87	+	Authorizes qualified successors of beneficiaries on the waiting list who died before receiving a lease to file a claim for a lease award within four years of the effective date. Requires the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to adopt rules by a certain date.
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81	95		The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.