HI SR110

Requests Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law to establish a working group to study returning Crown Lands to Native Hawaiians.

Working group must identify which Crown Land tax map keys should be prioritized for return and which entity or entities should receive and manage the lands.

Working group consists of nine members including the Chairperson of Hawaiian Homes Commission, Chairperson of Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, Director of Ka Huli Ao Center, and representatives from ALU LIKE Inc., Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Native Hawaiian Education Association, and Papa Ola Lokahi Inc.

Requires working group to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2023 Regular Session convenes.

References 1.8 million acres of Crown and Government Lands ceded to the United States without Native Hawaiian consent during 1898 annexation, as acknowledged in the 1993 federal Apology Resolution.