THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	961
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION.

 

 

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

 

     Section 1.  Section 202, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  There shall be a department of Hawaiian home lands which shall be headed by an executive board to be known as the Hawaiian homes commission.  The members of the commission shall be nominated and appointed in accordance with section 26‑34, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  The commission shall be composed of nine members, as follows:  [three] two shall be residents of the city and county of Honolulu; two shall be residents of the county of Hawaii one of whom shall be a resident of east Hawaii and the other a resident of west Hawaii; [two] three shall be residents of the county of Maui, one of whom shall be a resident from the island of Molokai[;] and another of whom shall be a resident from the island of Lanai; one shall be a resident of the county of Kauai; and the ninth member shall be the chairman of the Hawaiian homes commission.  All members shall have been residents of the State at least three years prior to their appointment and at least four of the members shall be descendants of not less than one-fourth part of the blood of the races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands previous to 1778.  The members of the commission shall serve without pay, but shall receive actual expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties as such members.  The governor shall appoint the chairman of the commission [from among the members thereof].

     The commission may delegate to the chairman such duties, powers, and authority or so much thereof, as may be lawful or proper for the performance of the functions vested in the commission.  The chairman of the commission shall serve in a full-time capacity.  [He] The chairman shall, in such capacity, perform such duties, and exercise such powers and authority, or so much thereof, as may be delegated to [him] the chairman by the commission as herein provided above."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act, upon its approval, shall take effect on January 1, 2018.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	BY REQUEST

 

 

Report Title:

Hawaiian Homes Commission; Composition

 

Description:

Amends the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act to reduce the number of commissioners that are residents of the city and county of Honolulu and adds a commissioner from the island of Lanai.

 

 

 

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