HI HCR118

Urges the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to adopt administrative rules prohibiting beneficiaries from applying for a new lease if they already received and sold a previous lease award.

Allows exceptions only when there are "compelling or persuasive reasons" for selling the original lease.

Addresses the significant gap between lease holders (9,500 native Hawaiians) and applicants awaiting awards (24,000+), with approximately 35,000 additional eligible native Hawaiians.

Current rules allow lessees to sell leases to buyers who are at least 50% native Hawaiian, effectively allowing purchasers to skip ahead of thousands of waiting applicants.

Applies to all lease types including residential, agricultural, and pastoral leases under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920.