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HI SB2122

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/19/2022

Primary Sponsor

Ronald Kouchi

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes an annual pro rata share amount (specific dollar amount left blank in bill text) of public land trust income and proceeds to be transferred to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) beginning in fiscal year 2022-2023.

  • Requires state departments and agencies collecting receipts from public land trust lands to transfer their portion of those receipts to OHA quarterly to meet the established annual amount, with the Governor authorized to set each agency's quarterly transfer amount by executive order.

  • Appropriates funds from the carry-forward trust holding account (approximately $29,060,007.97 as of fiscal year 2021) to pay OHA for misallocated, underreported, or underpaid public land trust income and proceeds between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2022.

  • Establishes a mechanism requiring the Director of Finance to reconcile quarterly transfers within 12 days of quarter-end and make up any shortfalls using the carry-forward account or by increasing agency transfer requirements.

  • Takes effect on July 1, 2022, and does not resolve or settle claims regarding OHA's full constitutional pro rata share under Article XII, Section 6 of the Hawaii State Constitution.

Legislative Description

Relating To Increasing The Office Of Hawaiian Affairs' Pro Rata Share Of The Public Land Trust.

Public Land Trust

Last Action

The committee on WAM deferred the measure.

2/22/2022

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means2/3/2022
Hawaiian Affairs1/21/2022

Full Bill Text

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