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KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP ESTATE Ka Wai Ola 0 OHA BULK RATE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS U.S. POSTAGE 711 Kapi'olani Blvd., Suite 500 PAID Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813-5249 Honolulu, Hawai'i Permit No. 298 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED . - Hawai/i legislature hears Sovereignty Commission bills was pending the House Finance munity concerns, commissioners committee at press time for Ka State sought in the original language of HB 3629, a bill to e tabli sh a moratorium on further re ale or Wai Ola 0 OHA. (A companion HB3630 to replace themselves exchange of ceded lands until a overeign Hawaiian entity is estab- bill, SB 3153, was held in·<;om- with an elections board, to lished or recognized, passed the Hawaiian Affairs and Water, Land Legislature i mittef.) HSAC has requested remove any cause for objection Use and Planning committee and was headed for the Finance com- "§ $l.99 million in fiscal year 1994- among tho e Hawaiians oppo ed mittee a Ka Wai Ola went to press. It was amended to: exempt 95 to carry out its recommenda- to a commission made up of DHJ:ll.., from provisions governing exchange of ceded lands; end the by Deborah L. Ward tions. members appointed by the gover- moratorium by 2004; allow transfer of ceded lands between OHA Pending further amendment in Early amendments made last nor:. At the Feb. 5 HSAC- pon- and other state agencies; exempt agreements for the sale or exchange legi lative committee hearing , a month to the bill included the fol- ored.gathering of 240 represen- of land which took place prior to the enactment of the bill; and allow bill to replace the Hawaiian lowing: tatives of more than 100 'land exchanges between the state and private landowners for historic Sovereignty Advisory Commiss- - deleting references to creation Hawaiian organizations from all preservation purposes. ion with an elected Hawaiian of an elected 17 -member elec- islands, that viewpoint was often tions board to take over the duties Sovereignty Ejections Board was expressed. However, strong sup- continue and complete its work. or charter convention. OHA fur- in lead evol ing to continue the of the HSAC; port from many groups was also OHA supported amendment to ther upported the HSAC' plan commi ion in order for it to - authorizing the comm.ission to voiced for the HSAC commis- extend funding of HSAC another for a mailout ballot in 1995 but carry out its original mission. hire special counsel for legal ser- sioner to continue their job. year and to attach it for adminis- noted that the bill should explain Hou e Bill 3630 (Relating to vices to carry out its dutie under Many Hawaiian organization trative purposes to the Legislative whether the intent was to conduct Hawaiian Sovereignty) was heard Act 359 (SLH 1993); ubmited te timony on both sides Reference Bureau. OHA also rec- the election outside of the state of - authorizing the commi ion to of the bill. la t month before the House ommended that the plebiscite Hawai'i. ubmit new legislation to the In testimony before the House Hawaiian Affair and Judiciar} question be worded to "ask the The House Hawaiian Affairs Legislature by December 1994 to Hawaiian Affairs committee, committee, and the Senate real question" and clearly state committee report after the first request needed funding and other OHA vice-chairman Abraham Government Operations, that voters were being asked hearing noted, the support for 1995. Environmental Protection and Aiona said OHA believes the pre- whether they support the conven- Commission should be given the Hawaiian Programs committee. It Responding to Hawaiian com- sent HSAC should be allowed to ing of a Hawaiian con titutional continued on page 3 Money and land top agenda at first legislative hearings by Patrick Johnston or she is the legal title holder. (Editor's note: The intent of heir or successor could come forward and make a claim. If Bills dealing with ceded land revenues and kulyana land the bill is not to undo any past quiet title actions or compete no claim is made, OHA would retair+title of the land. headed the Ii t at the Feb. 7 hearing of the Legislature's with Ha waiians who have legitimate claims to kuleana Amendments proposed by the Native Hawaiian Legal Hou e Committee on Hawaiian Affairs at the legi lative lands.) Corporation were also included. tower. The committee, chaired by Denni Arakaki, heard testi- Trustee A. Frenchy DeSoto spoke for OHA in favor of • HB 2798. Payments of revenues due to OHA and rev· mony on 13 bills covering ubjects ranging from abandoned the bill, aying OHA is trying to reclaim kuleana lands for enue information. kuleana to ceded lands revenue due to OHA. Hawaiians in case where the lands are in the hands of peo- House Bill 2798 would require that state departments ple they don't belong to. receiving revenues from ceded lands pay OHA its 20 per- • HB 2800. Relating to abandoned property. Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation staff attorney Carl cent share on a monthly basis - not quarterly, semi- annual- Hou e Bill 2800 would add to legislation passed in 1987 Christensen gave testimony in favor of the bill but asked ly, or annually - or pay it plus interest on the amount due. requiring any kuleana lands with no heirs to be held in lru 1 that certain language be clarified. NHLC proposed that any The bill also requires that departments make semi-annual by OHA ( ee Ka Wai Ola, Jan. 1994 issue). It was created person eeking to acquire kuleana land by escheat identify revenue estimates for the next six years. Any disputes with in re pon e to a court ruling that the 1987 kuleana law could "by name" the particular person whose death resulted in the OHA would be resolved through arbitration. not apply retroactively. If a kuleana owner died before the escheat. Without thi s clarifiction, NHLC testimony went on, OHA leg islative lobbying team chair Abraham Aiona pas age of the law. OHA could not claim the land. The new "it could be argued that identification as simply ' heirs of the poke in support of the legislation saying passage would bill tate that all kuleana land acquired by escheat before original grantee' of the kuleana would be sufficient to com- "ensure that revenue due OHA from the state is paid in a July 1. 1977 e cheat (revert) to the Office of Ha.waiian ply with the requirements of the section." timely manner and that OHA receives reasonable revenue Affairs unles the individual claiming owner hip proves he The Department of Land and Natural Resources opposed infonnation on current and future revenues." the bill saying it "would cause severe disruption Aiona added that a number of departments had not report- to current land ownership and tenure and to ed revenue infonnation while others paid only on a quarter- Call OHA at 594-1988 rights of security interest holders." ly or semi-annual basis and this made it difficult for OHA to Ka Lahui Hawai' i leader Mililani Trask also plan and fund programs. opposed the bill, arguing that OHA should try to DLNR division chief Mason Young spoke against the bill All of the telephone, fax and Kaka' ako will now have a spend more time looking for the original owner saying there was nothing wrong with hi s department's mode m numbers in OHA's new switching center. of the kuleana plot and that problems would accounting methods and that they didn't have the staff to Honolulu office have changed. Here are the new main result if an owner was found after OHA took handle the requirements set down in the bill. Since Feb. 3, all numbers now phone numbers of OHA: control of the land. OHA's land officer Linda Department of Budget and Finance director Eugene Imai begin with a new "594-' pre- • (808) 594·1888 OHA main Delaney responded that OHA would return any submitted testimony arguing that the legislation created con- See the new February edi- flx. line land it had acquired through the law if an heir flicts with present state payment procedures and, if passed, tion of the GTE Hawaiian Tel • (808) 594·1979 OHA 24- was found. would require that amendments be made to present statutes. phone book for new direct- hour meeting notice recording Status: passed, with amendments, to the Imai was also concerned that departments might not be able li ne OHA phone numbers. • (808) 594-1984 Public House Water and Land Use Planning commit· to account and generate payments on a monthly basis and Phone call to old numbers Information Office tee. project future revenue. He also said there were some flaws will automatically be directed OHA may be called from In its new fonn the phrase "kuleana acquired in the way in which the interest revenues were to be deter- to the new numbers until the neighbor islands via the by escheat" is replaced by "kuleana land based mined.