SENATOR MAILE SHIMABUKURO
“Ma ka hana ka ‘ike” (In work there is knowledge ) Waiʻanae - Nānākuli - Maili - Ko Olina - Honokai Hale - Kapolei - Kalaeloa
JUNE 2022
LEGISLATURE PROVIDES UNPRECEDENTED MONETARY WINDFALL FOR HAWAIIANS The 31st Legislature of the 2022 Session had provided a historic level of funding to ramp up Hawaiian Homelands developments, to right past wrongs, to help fund beneficiary financial literacy along with providing down payment assistance for new homesteaders
HB 2511 ( $600M ) Relating to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands Provides $600,000,000 to the Department of Hawaiian homelands to pursue a multi-pronged approach to eliminating its waitlist. This will include payment assistance and mortgage payment assistance based upon income or receipts of other funds by the applicants. Requires the Department of Hawaiian home lands to develop a strategic plan to address applicant preferences. Requires an annual report. SB 3041 ($328M) Making Appropriations for Claims Against the State These are a series of several lawsuits. The case specific to Hawaiian Affairs was the Kalima v. State of Hawaii relating to a class action suit of DHHL beneficiaries on the waitlist who were awarded amounting to $328,000,000 for the 2,700 remaining beneficiaries. SB 2021 ($64M) Increasing the Payment Amount For The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Annual Pro Rata Share of the Public Land Trust Establishes the annual share of income and proceeds from the public land trust for fiscal year 2022-2023 owed to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA). Establishes and appropriates amounts to OHA. Establishes a working group to determine pro rata share of income and proceeds from the public land trust due annually to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Check out link for digital copy https://bit.ly/NB-2022-06-Nanakuli