Bill Text: HI HB1237 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State Board on Geographic Names
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB1237 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1237-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the State board on geographic names.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 4E-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§4E-1 State board on geographic
names. There shall be in the office of planning a state board on
geographic names, consisting of the following persons or their
representatives: the chairperson of the board of land and natural resources,
the chairperson of the office of Hawaiian affairs, the chairperson of the
Hawaiian homes commission, the director of the office of planning, the
president of the University of Hawaii, the state land surveyor, [and] the
director of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, and a community liaison appointed
by the chairperson of the state board on geographic names. The members of
the board shall serve without compensation.
Section 26-34 shall not apply to this board."
SECTION 2. Section 4E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§4E-2[]]
Chairperson, secretary. The [representative from the department of land
and natural resources] community liaison shall serve as secretary of
the board and the representative from the department of land and
natural resources shall serve as custodian of its official records. The
board shall select one of its members as chairperson of the board to serve for
a term of four years or until the chairperson's successor is selected."
SECTION 3. Section 4E-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The [department of land and
natural resources] community liaison board member shall publish and
send an annual list of [its] the board's decisions, together
with information regarding location, the origin and meaning of names, and [alternate]
variant names and spellings for the features named,[which list] to
the appropriate state and other agencies and provide the same publication [together],
along with [the] pertinent information [shall be sent],
to the United States board of geographic names [of the United States]."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
State Board on Geographic Names
Description:
Adds a community liaison to the membership of the State Board of Geographic Names. Establishes the community liaison as the secretary of the Board and the representative from the Department of Land and Natural Resources as the custodian of records. Requires the community liaison to publish a listing of the Board's decisions and provide the listing, along with other information, to State and other agencies and the United States Board of Geographic Names.
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