Report Title:

OHA, Hawaiian Registry, Establish

Description:

Requires OHA to establish and maintain a registry of all persons of Hawaiian ancestry, regardless of place of residence.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1305

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

 

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§10- Hawaiian registry. The office shall establish and maintain a registry of all Hawaiians wherever such persons may reside. Inclusion of persons in the Hawaiian registry shall be based upon genealogical records sufficient to establish the person's descent from the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands in 1778."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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By Request