HB 1362: RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the Keaukaha homestead in Hilo, Hawaii marked their one-hundred-year anniversary last year.  It is considered one of the pioneers of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act as it is the second Hawaiian homestead project in the State.  The homestead location is near ocean waters and according to the Hawaii Cesspool Prioritization Tool, cesspools near ocean waters are usually designated as priority level 1, which have the greatest potential to impact human health and the environment and are directly adjacent to sensitive natural resources like coral reefs or drinking water aquifers.

     The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to the department of Hawaiian home lands to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead.

     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 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the expansion of the sewer network and lines through department of Hawaiian home lands parcels in Keaukaha in Hilo, Hawaii; provided that funds may also be used for interconnection to the sewer network by individual homesteads and transferred to the county of Hawaii for the same purpose.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of Hawaiian home lands for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

Report Title:

DHHL; Sewer Infrastructure; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the department of hawaiian home lands.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the Keaukaha homestead in Hilo, Hawaii marked their one-hundred-year anniversary last year.  It is considered one of the pioneers of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act as it is the second Hawaiian homestead project in the State.  The homestead location is near ocean waters and according to the Hawaii Cesspool Prioritization Tool, cesspools in this area are priority level 1 that have the greatest potential to impact human health and the environment and are directly adjacent to sensitive natural resources like coral reefs or drinking water aquifers.

     The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to the department of Hawaiian home lands to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $6,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the expansion of the sewer network and lines through department of Hawaiian home lands parcels in Keaukaha in Hilo, Hawaii; provided that funds may also be used for interconnection to the sewer network by individual homesteads and transferred to the county of Hawaii for the same purpose.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of Hawaiian home lands for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

Report Title:

DHHL; Sewer Infrastructure; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead.

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

STAND. COM. REP. NO.  626

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2025

RE:   H.B. No. 1362

      H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

     Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1362 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to expand the sewer network and lines within and throughout the Keaukaha homestead.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Office of the Mayor of the County of Hawaiʻi; and four individuals.

     Your Committee finds that this measure is vital to the Keaukaha homestead community and would help protect the environment surrounding Hawaiian home lands in East Hawaii.  The appropriated funds would allow the Department of Hawaiian Homes Lands to obtain the survey and inspections of the infrastructure needed to expand and make necessary upgrades to the century-old homestead.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying the preamble;

     (2)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

     Your Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $8,000,000.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1362, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1362, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,