Report Title:

Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Hawaiian Cultural Preservation

Description:

Establishes that the office of Hawaiian affairs shall provide technical and financial assistance to programs that perpetuate, protect, or enhance Hawaiian culture as part of its duties.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

473

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

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 10-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§10-5 Board of trustees; powers and duties. The board shall have the power in accordance with law to:

(1) Manage, invest, and administer the proceeds from the sale or other disposition of lands, natural resources, minerals, and income derived from whatever sources for native Hawaiians and Hawaiians, including all income and proceeds from that pro rata portion of the trust referred to in section 10-3;

(2) Exercise control over real and personal property set aside to the office by the State of Hawaii, the United States of America, or any private sources, and transferred to the office for native Hawaiians and Hawaiians;

(3) Collect, receive, deposit, withdraw, and invest money and property on behalf of the office;

(4) Formulate policy relating to the affairs of native Hawaiians and Hawaiians, provided that such policy shall not diminish or limit the benefits of native Hawaiians under article XII, section 4, of the state Constitution;

(5) Otherwise act as a trustee as provided by law;

(6) Delegate to the administrator, its officers, and employees such powers and duties as may be proper for the performance of the powers and duties vested in the board;

(7) Provide grants to individuals[,] and public or private organizations to better the conditions of native Hawaiians and Hawaiians consistent with the standards set forth in section 10-17;

(8) Make available technical and financial assistance and advisory services to any agency or private organization for [native]:

(A) Native Hawaiian and Hawaiian programs[,];

(B) Programs to perpetuate, protect, or enhance Hawaiian culture; and [for other]

(C) Other functions pertinent to the purposes of the office of Hawaiian affairs.

Financial assistance may be rendered through contractual arrangements as may be agreed upon by the board and any such agency or organization; and

(9) Adopt and use a common seal by which all official acts shall be authenticated."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

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

INTRODUCED BY:

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