Bill Text: HI HR195 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: DHHL; OHA; Agricultural and Pastoral Land Leases

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-04-15 - (H) Resolution adopted in final form. [HR195 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2011-HR195-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	195
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to partner with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and other appropriate entities to provide support services to its beneficiaries to encourage successful farming on agricultural and pastoral lands.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Agricultural Task Force was formed in 1998 to encourage successful farming on agricultural and pastoral lands since only five per cent of homesteaders at the time were using the land for those purposes; and

 

     WHEREAS, a 2010 study by the Center for Native Hawaiian Advancement revealed that although there are nearly twenty thousand applicants for agricultural and pastoral leases on homestead land, fewer than sixteen hundred have actually been awarded leases; and

 

     WHEREAS, to increase the amount of agricultural and pastoral leases awarded, the task force made several recommendations to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, including increasing support services, value added products, and marketing support; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has proven that partnerships with other entities, such as the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, can be beneficial in expanding its educational and technical assistance programs; and

 

WHEREAS, augmenting support services by partnering with other entities, such as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, would increase the number of successful homesteaders in agricultural enterprises by increasing their knowledge and training in commercial and subsistence agricultural production, best management practices, marketing, financial, and business skills; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is requested to partner with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and other appropriate entities to provide support services to its beneficiaries to encourage successful farming on agricultural and pastoral lands; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of the Hawaiian Homes Commission and the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

DHHL; OHA; Agricultural and Pastoral Land Leases