The Protect Kaho’olawe ‘Ohana is in earnest need of your kokua.
SB 3056 has a hearing on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @ 1:45pm at the Capitol in Room 225. Yes! Valentine’s Day! It will transfer control and management of the Kaho’olawe Island Reserve from the KIRC to the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Kaho’olawe will be managed by DLNR like other state lands. There will be no special management of the island as a cultural trust for the Hawaiian Nation. Please protect Kanaloa Kaho’olawe as a sacred cultural trust for the Hawaiian Nation by submitting testimony by Monday February 13, 2012 at 1:30pm. Mahalo and Aloha ‘Āina. SB 3056: Relating to the Kaho’olawe Island Reserve Commission. Transfers control and management of the Kaho’olawe Island Reserve from the Kaho’olawe Island Reserve Commission to the Department of Land and Natural Resources and provides that the KIRC shall be subject to the oversight of the DLNR. Hearing: Tuesday February 14, 2012 @ 1:45pm at the Capitol in Room 225 (It is third on the agenda) in the Senate Water Land and Housing Committee (WLH). Senate WLH Members: Donavan Dela Cruz (chair), Malama Solomon (vice-chair), Carol Fukunaga, Pohai Ryan, Maile Shimabukuro, Jill Tokuda, Sam Slom Easy to file Internet testimony can be submitted at: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx – Hearing Notice SB3056 or http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/gethearingbybill.aspx?bill&billnumber=3056 See Bill: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/bills/SB3056_.pdf Download sample SB3056 testimony here. Talking Points: Kaho’olawe Was Set Up as Separate Special Cultural Trust for Hawaiian Nation: In testimony on 2-12-11, former Governor John Waihe’e described the trusteeship that he and the legislature established for Kaho’olawe: “so this property was not placed back into the DLNR inventory, it was set aside with a special commission to say that it actually belonged to the Hawaiian Nation. You can talk about it coming back to the state of Hawai’i, but it was specifically set aside by the people of this state, by their elected representatives, as the first piece of sovereign soil.” SB 3056:
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6/3/2023 10:45:41 pm
Hawaiian governing commission and the transfer of the control and management of the Kaho Olawe Island Reserve to the sovereign Hawaiian governing entity.
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