HB 1391 Summary

• Establishes a land and asset management task force within the Department of Hawaiian Homelands to review the department's administration of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.

• Task force membership includes the DHHL director, Office of Hawaiian Affairs representative, Hawaii banking representative with leasehold lending experience, Hawaii business representative with real estate development experience, and a federal loan guarantee program representative.

• Task force must examine current operational procedures, develop solutions to reduce or eliminate the waitlist for land lease beneficiaries (currently 27,000 people waiting), and explore creative self-funding solutions by leveraging existing department assets.

• Task force must submit findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2020 regular session convenes; task force terminates June 30, 2021.

• Appropriates unspecified general revenue funds for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 to cover travel and related expenses for the task force.