Report Title:

OHA; Interim Revenue

Description:

Establishes the amount of interim revenue to be expended by OHA each fiscal year to better conditions of native Hawaiians from $15,100,000 to an unspecified amount. Appropriates funds.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2204

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

 

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. Section 10-13.3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§10-13.3[]] Interim revenue. Notwithstanding the definition of revenue contained in this chapter and the provisions of section 10-13.5, [and notwithstanding any claimed invalidity of Act 304, Session Laws of Hawaii 1990,] the income and proceeds from the pro rata portion of the public land trust under article XII, section 6 of the state constitution for expenditure by the office of Hawaiian affairs for the betterment of the conditions of native Hawaiians for each [of] fiscal year [1997-1998 and fiscal year 1998-1999] shall be [$15,100,000.] $        ."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the betterment of the conditions of native Hawaiians.

SECTION 3. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the office of Hawaiian affairs for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2006.

INTRODUCED BY:

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