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HI SCR84

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/10/2017

Primary Sponsor

Brickwood Galuteria

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Origin

Senate

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Department of Land and Natural Resources must establish a working group to study transferring the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna Ala (a 2.7-acre sacred site in Honolulu) from state ownership to one or more non-profit organizations.

  • Working group shall consist of eight members: the Board of Land and Natural Resources Chairperson (or designee), one representative from each of five Royal Parties (Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Queen Liliuokalani Trust, King Lunalilo Trust, Abigail K.K. Kawananakoa Foundation, and Charles Reed Bishop Trust plus Queen's Health Systems), and Kahu William Bishop Kaiheekai Maioho.

  • Working group must determine if transferring ownership and management of Mauna Ala to non-profit organizations with cultural expertise and financial resources is in the best interest of descendants and Hawaiian people.

  • Working group must submit findings, analyses, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature at least twenty days before the 2018 Regular Session convenes.

  • Working group shall cease to exist on June 30, 2018.

Legislative Description

Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Establish A Working Group To Study The Potential Transfer Of The Royal Mausoleum At Mauna ala To One Or More Appropriate Non-profit Organizations And Recommend The Terms Of The Transfer, Management, And Ongoing Maintenance Of Mauna ala.

Working Group

Last Action

Referred to HWN/WTL, WAM.

3/15/2017

Committee Referrals

Hawaiian Affairs3/15/2017

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