Bill Text: HI HB2674 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Island Burial Councils; Members
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-27 - (H) Referred to HAW, WLO, referral sheet 7 [HB2674 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2674-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to historic preservation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 6E-43.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows:
"(b) Appointment of members to the
councils shall be made by the governor, in accordance with section 26-34, from
a list provided by the department, provided that a minimum of twenty per cent
of the regional representatives shall be appointed from a list of at least nine
candidates provided by the office of Hawaiian affairs. The department shall
develop the list in consultation with appropriate Hawaiian organizations, such as
Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai‘i Nei. The membership of each council shall
include at least one representative from each geographic region of the island [as
well as representatives of development and large property owner interests].
Regional representatives shall be selected from the Hawaiian community on the
basis of their understanding of the culture, history, burial beliefs, customs,
and practices of native Hawaiians. Regional representatives shall be a
member or descendant of the indigenous Polynesian people who lived in the
Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778. The councils shall have a minimum of nine
and a maximum of fifteen members[, and have a ratio of not more than three
to one and no less than two to one in favor of regional representatives].
(c) The department, in consultation with the
councils, office of Hawaiian affairs, [representatives of development and
large property owner interests,] and appropriate Hawaiian organizations,
such as Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai‘i Nei, shall adopt rules pursuant to
chapter 91 necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. The council
members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary
expenses incurred during the performance of their duties. The councils shall
be a part of the department for administrative purposes."
SECTION 2. This Act shall not apply to appointments made before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Island Burial Councils; Members
Description:
Removes the requirement of representation by large development and property owners on burial councils. Requires regional representatives to be members or descendants of indigenous Polynesians.
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