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February 19, 2008

TO:Senate Committee on Ways and MeansSenator Rosalyn Baker, ChairSenator Shan Tsuts\li, Vice ChairFebruary ~1, 20Q8. Room 211

RE: SB 2733 SD1 Relating to the Public Lands Trust SettlementI am writing to you as the President of Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber ofCommerce. We are in total support of the passage of SB 2733 SDl relatingto the public tmst lands settlement that was negotiated between the Officeof Hawaiian Affairs ("OHA") and Governor Lingle. We applaud OHA andthe governor for finally bringing this to an equitable,conclusion.

We believe this settlement was negotiated in the spirit of win/win. 'Thelong contentious negotiations between aHA and the State of Hawaii can belaid to rest and OHA, as an organization, can move forward. We, asHawaiians, have been egregiously harmed by prior government actions.However, we can not turn back time, and we need to move forward.

Your support of the passage of this bill will be greatly appreciated by theMaw Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce and the Hawaiian people asa whole.

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February 19, 2008

To:Senate Committee on Ways and MeansSenator Rosalyn Baker, ChairSenator Shan Tsutsui, Vice ChairFebruary 21,2008. Room 211

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I am writing in support 0~SB2733 , relating to the public trust lands settlement.

This bill seeks to resolve a djspute~tlJ:at has gone on for decades. I believe it is fail:' andreasonable, and in the words of both OHA and the State, long overdue.

The $200 million settlement is mostly in land that- will be transferred from the State of Hawaii tothe Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Given the overall tightening of revenues, this solution makessense. ..... .

Resolution of this matter will also strengthen the state's ability to borrow money for publicprojects. The uncertainty about the money owed for ceded lands was Ii liability in the bondrating evaluation process. This settlement agreement resolves that liability" and it shouldimprove the State's bond rating.

The timeline is important foX" another reason. This settlement to pay what is legally owed toOHA for certain disputed ceded land revenues, along with a set amount going forward, cameafter more than four years of what I understand were tough negotiations followed by mediation.

-These are not easy disputes toresolve. I commend both parties and urge you to finalize thissettlement

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To:Senate Committee on Ways and MeansSenator Rosalyn Baker, ChairSenator Shan Tsutsui, Vice ChairFebruary 21, 2008. Room 211

Aloha.

I am writing in support of :88%733 •relating to the public trust lands settlement.

Tliis bill seeks to resolve a dispute that has gone on for decades. I believe it is fair andreasonable, and in the words ofboth OHA and the State. long overdue.

The $200 million settlement is mostly in land that will be transferred from the State ofHawaii to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Givcn the overall tightening of revcnues, thissolution makes sense.

Resolution ofthis matter will also strengthen the statc's ability to bonow money forpublic projects. The uncertainty about the money owed fOf .c:eded lands was a liability inthe bond rating-evaluation process. This settlement agreement resolves that liability. andit should improve the State's bond rating.

The timcline is important for another reason. This settlemont to pay wh~t is legally owedto OHA for certain disputed ceded land revenues, along with a set amount goingforward. came after more than four years of what I understand were tough negotiationsfollowed by mediation.

These are not easy disputes to resolve. r commend both parties and urge you to finalizethis settlement.

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Senate Committee OD Ways and MeaDSSenator Rosalyn Baker, ChairSenator Shan Tsutsui, Vice ChairSB 2733 SDl Relating to the Public Lands Trust SettlementFebruary 21, 2008. Room 211

Aloha Chairperson Baker and Committee Members,

The Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commeroe, represented by its president James Haynes,recently submitted 1estimony in support of Senate Bill 2733 801. As the Vice-President andBoard member of the organization and a native Hawaiian. I also support Senate Bill 2733 801.believe the settlement is fair and reasonable. Federal recognition through the Akaka Bill is thenext challenge for all HawaIIans.

Mahalo.Howard S. Kihune

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HOSPITALITYASSOCIATION

SB2733 SDI RELATING TO THE PUBLIC TRUST LANDS SETTLEMENT

Testimony submitted by:1. Lulani Arquette, Executive Director

Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association

Senate Committee on Ways and Means:

- Senator Rosalyn Baker, Chair- Senator Shan Tsutsui, Vice-Chair

Thursday, February 21, 2008State Capitol, Room 211

I strongly support SB2733 SD1 relating to the settlement negotiated by the Office ofHawaiian Affairs (aHA) with the State of Hawaii on disputed ceded land revenues dueaHA and the Hawaiian community. I understand that amendments were incorporatedinto SD1 to allow for continued consideration by the Senate. Its important to keep thediscussion flowing, but the final agreement on these amendments is crucial as long aswhat's agreed upon supports the original intent and purpose of the bill, and does notdecrease the value of the settlement.

This settlement is long overdue and has remained in dispute for thirty years and fouradministrations back to the formation of OHA. I understand there have been four and ahalf years of arduous negotiations and mediation resulting in a $200 million settlement ofland and cash.

I have been working for over twenty years in Native Hawaiian organizations to helppromote economic and social progress for our people. I am currently working to helpperpetuate Hawaiian culture, traditions, and values in the visitor industry. Its interestingthat all of the different people I meet and speak with; those born and raised here, longtime residents, relative newcomers, and visitors agree on one thing - Hawai'i is uniqueand has a special beauty and "character" unlike any other place. They further agree thatHawai'i's unique character has been greatly shaped by Native Hawaiian culture andvalues.

The 2008 State Legislature can make a statement by adopting SB2733 SD1 - one thatshows Hawai'i honors its commitments to the indigenous people of Hawai'i. Such ameasure of support demonstrates that Hawai'i is indeed a role model with committedleadership worthy of its high reputation. Please do what is fair and just, and support thislegislation.

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.' . ,z/J The State Supreme Court is to be· ommen~:ed for its' recent ruling . .; '..:~~:r' barring ceded land sales by the State of .awaii. This court held that "the "~,,,:,,~,::

~,l Apology Resolution and related state Ie lation (fQr the theft of our Hawaiian ...':.:;f:.i"lf nation) give rise to the. ~tate's fiduciary r ponsibili.~ to pr~serve and protect the .\J'::t public land trust, specIfically for ceded I I ds -- untl.' such time as the .:.::.~~...: unrelinquished claims of Native Hawaii~ s have b~en resolved."I! :'.):,r.:~~: I remember very well in the early' 's when 1was the OHA Trustee '..:;/~.O' representing Hawai'i Island, that the Sta, , Housinq and Community .: ..../'.~~

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~~g6~oP~~~~~:~~~SA o;~;~~~~:~v~s ~. ~:~~~-:rt~: ~n:W~~I~a~~~~e~h;o%:~~of the value for the sale of these lands fr the stale, I feared that our precious . "'~'.ceded land corpus, the remnants of our .awaiian nation lands were agaIn .:·:Zf{·being diminished, this time by the state' r these two sub-divisions which would ::):'~i:~'have made them private property, even efore we '~Kanaka Ma'oli had reached a ..,=e~:~~~ent with the State. Sure ena gh, eighteen years later. stili - no :!;i:

At an OHA meeting, In the early 9:· is, officla{$ from HCOCA came before .-trustees and passed around a 5 million liar check to entice us OHA Trustees .:.:.t~·::·into accepting this proposal to sell our c ed trust lands. I knew it wouJ" be a . "... ,bad precedent, though it was tempting t . 'some tru~tees. I had to speak against .:::,!~~.~.'this sale of our ceded lands and I thank ~ e gods tfjat my fellow board ry1embers .:;;:!a:ended up agreeing, despite our attorney' t that table, Earl Anzai who .... '~~;i

encouraged us to accept the 5 million d . 'ar offer ~y the state. Anzai also "::::/m!~taunted us trustees, saying we may nev' see that'offer again. OHA in '94 .·.::.:ljlll:sought an injunction for those Maul and ailua-Ko'ba parcels and the aflenatfon ... '{1~1' :of any other ceded lands from the PUbliq- and Trust. The State ended up :"::.'~.).

giving those parcels to Hawaiian Home ... nds. Earl Anzal was later Governor .. :;'.:~~i

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Today's State Supreme Court ruJi validate~ the wisdom of the previous ..::~.{~~~:.:OHA trustees to reject the 5 million dolla' offer for Qur 'aina. We must remember . "r!}!!'• 'aina was not a commodity for our Ha . iian natiQn. ":~~~: .:,~;::.

Today, another group of OHA Tr tees and"the Lingle administration areproposing a 200 million dollar package ,mposed of land and 13 million dollarsin cash.This settle~ent is from the unre~olvBd is: ,ues of thr initial settlement of 1990 Act 304, whIch J helped to negotiate for e years ~s OHA Trustee. Thoseunresolved issues were left over from th' Waihe'e :~dministration for th~ yearsof 1978 - 1990, since OHA came into be g. If you' recall, Judge Healy later, in1996 ruled that those unresolved issues mounted to 1.2 Billion dollars more

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owed to OHA from ceded land revenuestreadY cplleeted by the State. JudgeHealy's ruling was reversed on 9/12/2001. (I find this an interestingcoincidence that Chief Justice Moon an unced th,e reversal of Judge Healy'sopinIon on 9/12/01 while the world was i:,' shock o~er the 9/11 tragedy. It seemshard to believe that this date of the anna ncement'of the reversar of J'udgeHealy's ruling was a coincidence.)

Regardless, the question remain' how this ~oo million dortar figure wasarrived at. In the late 80's, when we we negotiatIng for Act 304, there was anagreed upon formula between OHA and e State ~s to how OHA's 20% shareof the revenues from ceded lands were' rived. \fie used that formula for theWaihe'e administration and that is proba~ ,y how Ju~ge Healy arrived at the 1.2Billion dollar figure, he said was owed to HA. Th~t may have been then andthis Is now. Now, however, 18 years lat r' it baffle~ me that the value figureowed us Hawaiians, went from 1.2 Billio' dollars In '96 to 200 million dollars in2008.

The chair of OHA, Haunani Apolio a, on Dec. 18, '07 at the State of OHApresentation, where the theme was "On as seen:the right thing to do 'and hasdone it" stated that we as HawaIIans ush Id not grumble." I hope thatstatement was not the prelude and fore: 'ding to t5is 200 million doflar packagenow in the legislature. I wonder· was H 'unanl afr~id there was something togrumble about? The value of the unres: ed issu~S from 1978 to 2008. shouldincrease from 1.2 ~I/ion dollars of JUdg 'iHealy's r~1ing instead of beingdiminished by 80%10' the 200 million dol rs propo~ed by the current OHATrustees and the Lingle administration, t, ' ay, twelye years after Judge' Healy's

.ruling. The state can pay us off in install, ents or ~tter yet, wIth more 'of ourown ceded lands, although I don't feel w should have to exchange for our ownceded lands. We deserve much more t 'n the thr~'e parcels proposed by OHA

" and the Lingle administration. There sh' , Id also ~e hearings state wide so thatour people can address this proposal th would s5ort-change our HawaIIanpeople and nation. These should not be ailed ceaed lands, they should becarred "seized" lands. ,~'

It is interesting that Attorney Gene ' I Mark Sennett continues to lns'ist that~: .

the state has a right to sell our seized (c ed) land$. Thank goodness for theSupreme Court's w)sdom on this issue. :'

Indeed! The life of the land is per etuated in righteousness.

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Mililani B. Trask, ConvenerNa Koa Ikaika 0 Ka Lahui Hawaii.

400 Hualani Street, Suite 194Hilo, Hawaii 96720

To: Senate Ways and Means,Chair Roz Baker

Re: OHA Ceded Land Settlement Testimony SB 2733

Hearing date:Time:Place

.A10ha Legislators:

February 21,20089:30 a.m.Conference Room 211

I am opposed to the OHA/Lingle Ceded Land Settlement for the followingreasons:

1. The Settlement dispossesses Hawaiians of their Ceded Lands trust assets.OHA has negotiated a small package ofland and revenue and has agreed torelinquish all claims ofour peoples to 1.8 million acres ofland, the submergedlands, energy resources, biodiversity and surface and subsurface naturalresources.

The settlement is to resolve claims to "the portion of income and proceeds fromthe lands of the public trust for use by OHA" Settlement Agreement (SA), pg. 1 of9 from1978 - 2008.

In return for the settlement, OHA waives or gives up, not only claims to theincome from 1978 -2008, but. ....any other tangible right, item or benefit from the publicland trust...." (SA, pg. 2 of 9). OHA is giving up these rights not only for OHA, but for"any other person or entity."

This waiver is res judicata for all Hawaiians, their organizations and nation - thismeans that we will never be able to sue the state for our trust lands, revenues or otherrights including an accounting and inventory of our trust assets. This language is sobroad and sweeping that Hawaiians will lose rights not related to the OHA 20% pro ratadebate. Other rights that Hawaiians claim to the public trust include HRS 7-1 rights(access and gathering) rights to worship at heiau on 5(t) lands, genetic resources, etc.These rights will now be ignored by the State.

2. OHA is entitled to 20% of the Ceded Land revenues. There is no relationbetween the 20% figure and the 15 million dollar figure. The figure appears

to be an arbitrary amount. In addition, the legislative bill deletes all statutorylanguage relating to the Hawaiians share (20%) of revenues. This theft ofrevenue from Hawaiians is based on the claim of OHA that the courtsoverruling ofAct 304 also overruled the OHA 20% share ofproceeds. This isfalse - in January, 2008, the Hawaiian Supreme Court ruled in OHA vs.HCDH that the State cannot dispose of Ceded Lands trust assets withoutresolving native claims - the court cited the Apology Bill, the DOl Mauka toMakai report and OHA's claims for 20%.

3. For several weeks I have requested that OHA provide the valuation reportsand other documents (Phase 1 & 2 Real Estate reports) on the status of thelands, and valuation figures and formulas used in the settlement. I have yet toreceive data underlying the settlement. These data have not been provided tothe legislature.

4. While serving as an OHA Trustee and a member of the Ceded Landnegotiating team (1998-2000), I questioned the State's insistence thatKalaeloa land be considered because of toxicity. The settlement demonstratesthat the parties know ofthis problem but that OHA will accept the land, paytrust assets to conduct an environmental due diligence effort and then returnthe land or get a 25% credit once the toxicity is proven. Why is OHA takingtoxic land?

5. Under this measure Hawaiians will not be able to sue OHA for accountability.

The settlement is fatally flawed:

a. The waiver language and the provisions relating to res judicata shouldbe deleted from the measure;

b. A reservation clause should be added that states that all claims ofNative Hawaiians against the state relating to the Ceded lands trust areserved and that the scope ofthe settlement is only for claims relatingto revenues owed to OHA from 1978 - 2008;

* Hawaiians do not need to reserve claims against the US as the settlementdoes not involve the US or federal claims.

* Hawaiians know who owns the Ceded Lands - it belongs to the public andthe Native Hawaiians under the Admissions Act.

c. All references to a prospective figure for OHA revenue share (15million) should also be deleted until OHA and the Governor canjustify the figure. We are entitled to 20% of the 5(t) revenues;

d. Any prospective agreement should be subject to reopening andrecalculation every 5 years in order to ensure that Hawaiians benefitfrom the increase in value, revenue and proceeds of the public landtrust.

Conclusion:

I oppose the Ceded Lands Trust Settlement and urge the Legislature to stop thismeasure. OHA and Lingle should make a full disclose of the data including estimatesand formulas used to calculate the figures, and valuation and other reports that reveal thestatus of the lands involved.

In conclusion, the Legislature should take note that the Hawaiian peoples havebeen excluded from the legislative and legal discussions relating to this measure.Legislative hearings will be over before the "informational sessions" which the Senateforced on OHA are completed. The negotiations took place in secret, the valuationreports and data regarding the figures have been withheld. OHA is soliciting letters ofsupport from its grantees, not its beneficiaries. Finally, the OHA video pushing thesettlement features Aunty Gladys Brandt calling for unity and justice. This manipulationis intended to dupe Hawaiians into believing that Aunty Gladys supported this travestyin reality, she died years before this shameful settlement was conceived by the currentOHA trustees (Rowena Akana excepted).

Mililani B. Trask

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To: testimony

Subject: RE:SB2733-D1

The Right To Self-Determination

Hawai'i State Senators and LegislatorsRE: SB2733-D1February 18, 2008

For over one hundred years, we the indigenous people of Hawai'i, the Kanaka MaoH have been pressured byan incredible amount of violations of human rights and living under the regime of military occupation. Asdetermined by the United Nations Charter, we have the right to exercise self-determination, based on therespect for the principle of equal rights and continuing to strengthen universal peace. We the Kanaka Maolihave the requirements necessary to be independent.1.) A fixed territory, that being the Hawaiian Archipelago.2.) Population of the native Hawaiians, a distinguishable people, who can trace their ancestry back before thefirst Europeans first arrived on these lands.3.) A Government based on communal structures, the Kupuna (elders) and the Kupuna Council, that we alwayshad.4.) The capacity to enter into International relations to deal with other states and keep commitments.

Because what has happened to my people and myself, I am basing my conduct and what I am doing on thedomestic law provided by the United States of America.Under Public Law 103-150, otherwise known as the Apology Bill, The United States of America conceded thatthey illegally invaded and occupied the Kingdom of Hawai'i. With such a severe violation of International law, asimple apology is not enough. Damages are required reparations and restitution to return the situation to what itwas before the violations occurred, especially when a treaty was violated. In this case not one treaty wasviolated, but three treaties violated against the Kingdom of Hawai'i.

THE INVASION. This violated International Law at the time. It even violated the United States Constitution atthe time. Treaties were the "supreme law of the land," and the invasion and annexation of Hawai'i wereviolated by both international law ,and the United States Constitution.The three treaties being friendship,commerce, and navigation. That the United States of America clearly admitted illegal acts through U.S.Congress, which lawyers call "admission against interest." That over one hundred years the Americanpresence has been nothing more than an illegal, colonial, military regime.

According to the Public Law 103-150, the "whereas" clauses are binding facts of law by the United StatesCongress. The United States Congress admits that the invasion, overthrow, occupation, and annexationviolated all these treaties. Because the magnitude of these violations, the World Court has ruled that the onlyappropriate remedy is restitution. Restitution means to 1. Reparation made by giving an equivalent orcompensation of loss, damage, or injury caused. 2.The restoration of property or rights previously taken away,conveyed, surrendered. 3. Restoration to the former or original state or position. Restitution deemed granted tothe Kingdom of Hawai'i. As Queen Liliuokalani made it very clear that she was simply yielding to a superiorforce, preserving the rights for her people for their future, and the right to self-determination and restoration.According to the United States of America Congress, we have the right to restoration, to restitution, and toproclamation of our State. The United Nations Charter provides the rest of the authority to us. Aside to the onlydefense for the violation of these treaties being the Newlands Resolution, which was based on the illegalinvasion and violation of numerous treaties should no longer hold any validity.

I now come to another cross roads in our life. Why would an elected State entity rush such an important matteras the ceded lands? As a Native Hawaiian with the love and respect for my ancestors would I ever give upwhat they held so dearly, the life of the land. OHA should be ashamed to even think they could sell us short.Shame on them. This is not about money. This is our privilege and honor to protect our future generations from

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being extinct. That by plebiscite, people for the government vs. people for the people, it would be in directinterference of our right to self-determination, to reparations, to restitution and to restoration. Why would anentity who is suppose to be looking out for our best behalf not even ask us what we would like? How can OHAeven say that they were acting on behalf of the Hawaiian people? When it is the Native Hawaiian people whohave the right to make settlements as a majority not a few members of a State elected board. Why would theysettle on three parcels of land that will cost millions of dollars to clean? I keep asking myself why would I everwant to listen to an entity which cannot even get along? It is OHA's obligation to consult with their constituents,us the Native Hawaiians who are the beneficiaries.

As a Native Hawaiian, I humbly ask our Senators our Legislatures to remember what due process is? It is "Wethe People," the Kanaka Maoli, the Native Hawaiian People. Please consider and hold off on all settlementsuntil the rightful people can make their own choices. I thank you with all my Aloha, Kimberly Kalama andOhana,

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SB 2733, SD 1 Testimony - Public Trust Land Settlement

The attached testimonies were previously submitted to the Committee on Agriculture andHawaiian Affairs, Committee on Water and Land, and Committee on Judiciary and Labor. Wewould like to submit them to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means as well.

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My name is --1!,n"~Q, VlV1 Aitt vAl-,qnd r support SB 2733.

I am requesting your su.pport in favor oftbj~ bill. I am Hawaiian, and I vote.

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COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokub1U1, Vice Chair

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My name is antvDru, Atf.;..:n......4__,and I suppOrt SB 2733.

I am requesting your SUpPOlt in favor ofthis bill. I am Hawaiian, and I vote.

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COMMITTESON Vf1\TER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubu:n, Vioe Chair

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I am requesting your support in favor of this bill. I am Hawaiian, and I vote.

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RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha!.\' II \ _ ~~ ~~"'-

My name ia~ liP'" ¥-'l.v.L.u.>-e.---; <bill I .apport SB 2733.

I am requesting yOllt support'in favor of this bill. I am Hawaiian, and 1vote.

Mahalo,

~~addres~O ~2>t>}( S·~~ _city, stare, zip:~t~ \At &} til tt.~

02/20/2008 WED 11:08 FAX 808 524 1825 OBA

Feb. 8. 2008 1:02PM

February 61 2008

No.4718 P. 7

llZI0081104

TO: COMMmEB ON AGRICULTIJRE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair .

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON nJDICTARY /\liD LAl30~

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

RE: SB2733 -PUBUCTRUSTLANDSETILEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha!

My name is •Cl9q~ G'r-t,lLh....d I ~pport SB 2733.

I am requesting your support in favor of this bill. ram Hawaiian, and I vOle.

Mahala,

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address: f2b I( fes; ,..... I:::a-J{ff/U,J,.,.';" It.J<1:·~city, state, zip:_~__~__.-.;;.. _

02/20/2008 WED 11:08 FAX 808 524 1825 DBA

Feb. 8. 2008 1:02PM

February 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEB ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda. Ch~Senator J. Kalani English. Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATBR-AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun. Vice Chair

COMMI'ITEB ON J(J])JCIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Rea, Vice Chair

No.4718 P.8

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RB: sa 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SEITLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Foulih Legislamre Regular Session of 2008

Aloha.1

My name is~ L.c.. TdY'a i'h . and I support SB 2733.

J am requesting your support in favor of this bill. I am Hawaiian, and I vote.

address: Po (3C'X

02/20/200B WED 11:0B FAX BOB 524 1B25 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 1:02PM

February 6, 2008

TO: ~OMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AEFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English. Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee. ChairSenatorRussell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

.c.OMMlTIEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Ree, Vice Chair

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1dl010/104

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Sellsion of 2008

Aloha!

MYnameis)2:?WY\ f''-4 fern.~~~1B2733.I am requesting your support in favor of this bill. I am Hawaiian, and I vote.

Mahala,

address: j)t; tbt'K";;;~city, state, zip: J:.-....,;U:-.::4~/q~f_··_U_LIl.o..---e./ft..:-·__ 1~767

Feb. 8, 2006 1:02PM

February 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANbSenator Clayton. Hee1 ChairSenator Russell S. KokubunJ Vice Chair

POMMlTTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator ClaytoI1 Hee. Vice Chair'

No.4718 P. 10

I,(LJUll/ 1 U4

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty·Founh Legislature Regular Session of2008

Aloha! ~A

MynalUei~r~ , and ,r support SB 2733.

I am requesting your support in favor of this bill. I am Hawaiian. and I vote.

Mahalo.

&r,lW~~Oaddress: -m~~ CJ.-r27 .

city, state, zip: _~~H'W'a.~ _ qCt,1~

02/20/2008 WED 11:08 FAX 808 524 1825 aHA

Feb. 8. 2008 1:03PM

February 6, 2008

121012/104

No.4718 P.11

TO: .COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AF'EAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON 'W,ATBR AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator BrianT. Taniguchi» ChairSenator ClaytonHee, Vice Gl1air

RE: sa 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SBTILEMENTThe Senate; The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of2008

Aloha rom kakou! .

My ~ame is 4djlL~a.~ _, and I support S13 2733.

My address is : 7 t:J, go" ~e>KetAa./,,; ~I 1~73:1.:j. MAlLlNG ADDRESS CITY, STATE. Zll'

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your SUppOlt in favor of this bUt

Mahalo,

02/20/2008 WED 11:09 FAX 808 524 1825 OBA

Feb. 8, 2008 1:03PM

Febrnary 6, 2008

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TO: COIyIMlJTEE ON AGRlCULTI1RE AND HAWA.I!AN AFFAIRaSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenatorRussell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAR"Y AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETI'LEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of2008

Alollamaikakou! .

My ~a.meiS~, '?i&t '(let. I and I support SB 2733.

My a~dress is: 'PO RJo~ .f\<iSu...~'2. ~\'4J \h ql;e1~~.i__MAILING ADDRESS CITY, STATS, ZIP

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your support in favor of this bill.

Mahalo,

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Feb. 8. 2008 1:03PM

February 6, 2008

No.4718 P. 13

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TO: COM:MITTBE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English. Vice Chair

COMMITTEE QN WATER AND LAN12Senator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russen S. Kokubun. Vice Chair

COlvlMlTTEE ONJUDICIARY AND LABo..&Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate; The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha mai.1cakou!

My ~ame is :Ii V,ttVl5 e.'1 /~u,., ,and I support SB 2733.

Yto ~O 'lC t..\. I-lo (!) Je:hVl&\.. '11.07':<1LMy~dcir~ss is: .............-------------.---»' ',' MAILn'lGADDRBSS' CITY, STATB, ZIP

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciare your support III favor of this bill.

02/20/2008 WED 11:09 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 1:03fM

February 6, 2008

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TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AMP HAWAIIt\N AFFAlRSSenatorJill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. ICalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenatorRussell S.KokubUll, Vice Chair

COM:MlTTBE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chail'Senator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

RB: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha mat kakou!

My ~arne is1a.vr!i~ 6ti~ and I s~ppon SB 2733.

My a~dress is: _20. ~~~ /P':;011 0 \A.~ a~, \{i PJtol4J~MAILING ADDRESS CITY, STA: •ZIP

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your support in favor of this bill,. .

Mahalo,

02/20/2008 WED 11:09 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 1: 03PM

February 6, 2008

No.4718 P. 15

121016/104

TO; COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAmSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair '.

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator ClaytonHee, ChairSenator Russell S. Rokubun, Vice Chair

~OMMfITEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, CbairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETILEMBNTThe Senate: The Twenty-FouIth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha roai kakou! .

. lf2"' rrm tJ~;~ . .My name&,";"'«=' , . ' .' and I suppon SB 2733..

My add~ss is: HO~~ (f ~t!J7{eJ l~.~ Ctfv\: (~ q(pt £0PMAlLlNG ADDRESS CITY, STATE7

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your SUPPOlt in favor of this bill.

Mahalo,

02/20/2008 WED 11:09 FAX 808 524 1825 DHA

Feb. 8. 2008 1:04PM

Febl"uary 6. 2,008

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TO: PO:MMITTE.E ON AGRICULTPM AND HA\VATIAN AFFAIR~

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER ANl2 LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokublm, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE Oij" JUDICIARY AND LABO~

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUSTLAND SETI'LEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth LegislatUre Regular Session of 2008

Aloha mai kakou! .

My name is tl""'-kHi l. (luntlS ,and I s~pport SB 2733.

Myad~sis: fJ{lI;O[ Ifj{)~ /t,14; fir Cf'I/7lff)MAn.lNG ADDRESS CITY, STATB, ZIP

I am a native Hawaii.an and rwould appreciate your 5UppOlt in favor of this bill.

Mahalo,

1!1ti~

02/20/2008 WED 11: 09 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8, 2008 1:04PM

February 6. 2008

TO: pOMMITTEE ON t\GRlCULTIJRE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda. ChairSenator J. Kalani English. Vice Chair

C0M:MIITEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. ~okuhu.n, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUPrClARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Tanigucbi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

No.4718 P. 17

1dI018/104

RE: S13 2733 ... PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETlLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha mai kakou! .

My ~ameiJifln.;f.'~ JCa./zA.t.My address is : _. f 0 £Pt- f/1

MAJLING ADDRESS

, and rsupport SB 2733.

ICIt kg'} a.~B::A. ~CITY, STATE, ZIP.

- .

I am a native Hawaiian ~d I would appreciate your support in favor of th~s bill.

Mahala.

02/20/200B WED 11:09 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:49PM

February 6, 2008

; : ...•;.,-.

TO: COMMITI'EE ON AGRICULl.UI<E AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

CQMMITTEE ON WATER·ANP LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChaitSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

No,4717 P. 2

~019/104

RB: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty·Founh LegislatUre Regular Session of 2008

1\1ona mai.1CakouJ .

My ~ame is,-~6:::::J~J£..Lr:::J..~~~. ~and I support SB 2733.

My address is: :n ~of' ItI.lA~.J~~ #i q'tn6/MAILlNO~~ CITY, STATE:,lJP

I am a native Hawaiian and rwould appreciate your support in favor of this bill.

Mahala.

J!~

02/20/2008 WED 11:10 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:49PM

February 6, 2008

No.4717 P. 3121020/104

TO; COMMITTEE ON AGRICq:LTURE AND HAWATlAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokl,1da, ChairSenator J. KalaniEnglish,Vioe'Chair

~OMM1TTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, Chair .Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


AlohaJ "';\...

My name iSC!&t·vicl ~tL , and 1support SB 2733.

02/20/2008 WED 11:10 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:49PM

February 6, 2008

No.4717 P. 41210211104

TO: CONlMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWATIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill 'N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMlTTEE ON WATER ANP·LANDSenator Clayton Hce, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON mnICIARY AND LABQB.Senator :Brian T. Taniguchi) ChairSenator Clayton Hee. Vice Chair

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature R;egular Session of 2008

Aloha!

My name is (ba../py r.f=!.... ~ort SB 2733.

I am requesting your support in favor of this bill. I am Hawaiiant and I vote.

Mahalo, tfAg~

address::d?8? ~ ~l!1... _city, state. zip: .~"--.-;.W,~_q....!.:.LH....:-..:'t~8'~ _

02/20/200B WED 11:10 FAX BOB 524 1B25 DHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:50PM

February 6, 2008

TO; COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWATIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda" ChairSenator .r. Kalani English~ Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND lANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. KokllbUI4 Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON .ruDIClARY,AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair.Senator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

No.4717 P. 51dI022/104

RE: sa 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAN'D SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of2008

Aloha mai~ou I

My ~ame is.,}t)r(lll..V1. ku.pa.W .and I ~PPOIl SB 2733,

My address is : P0 {b,~ .saB \-\, ~o lthl«t~~7:;11MAnlNG ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP. .

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your support in favor of this bill.. .

U£of ~VI ~"'vu n.,u ............ U ,..~ UUU .,J~":I .... U£o.,J vnn

Feb. 8. 2008 12:50PM

February 6, 2008

TO: COMMfITEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAHANAFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalalli English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hce, ChairSenator Russell S. I<okubtm. Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee.• Vice Chair

No.4717 P. 6

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENtTbe Senate; The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your support ill faYOl' of this bill.

Mahalo, .

02/20/2008 WED 11:10 FAX 808 524 1825 DBA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:50PM

February 6, 2008

No.4717 P. 71(lj0 24/1 0 4

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAllAN AFFAJRSSenator Jill N. TokudaJ ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

~OM:MITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Ree, ChairSenator Russell S. KokubUl1., Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON runICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Tanigucbi, ChairSenator Clayton Ree. Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is .t).,.r~ .~'J,,""dl suppon SB 2733.

I am requesting your support in favor of this bill. r am Hawaiian. and 1vote.

02/20/2006 WED 11:10 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:51PM

February 6.2008

TO: COMMITTEE OH,AGRICULTURB AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English. Vice Chau'

COMMITIEEON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee. ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun. Vice Chair

Co.MMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator Clayton Heet Vice Chair

No.4717 P. 81dI025/104


Aloha mai kakou! '

My ~amo is5;'6A L¥ 1'1 f"\ ~f)N~ ,_, and I support 5B 2733.

My address is ; P (!) eP J( &a.. l' ~~fQAt:"II·'" ft'1 1ft 11ll t{fMAILING ADDRESS CITY, STATB. ZIP

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your SUppolt in favor of this bill.

02/20/2008 WED 11:11 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8.2008 12:51PM

February 6, 2008

TO: CO:tv.l'MITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMlTTBE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Bee! ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubtm, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton HeeD Vice Chair

No.4717 P.91dI026/104

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RE: SB 2133 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SEITLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature ~egular Session of2008

Aloha!

My name is A~ }-J If e. 10:f 6 WfJ. and r support SB 2733.


Mahalo.

address:~ lJ $0)( ~22

city, stare, zip: --..;1:.....;"::..7.::--2......1~ _

02/20/200B WED 11:11 FAX BOB 524 1B25 DBA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:5\PM

Febluary 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTIJRE AND HAWAllAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English. Viae Chair

COMMITTEB ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Koktlbun, Vice Chair

COMlv.lITTEE ON JtIDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguohi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

No.4717 P. 101dI027/104

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Sena!e~ The Twenty-Fourth Legislature ~egular Session of 2008

Aloha!

My~e is MLk 14.,r.Jtf-CJ , and I support SB 2733.

,l'

I am requesting your support in favor of this bill. I am Hawaiian. and I vote.

Mahalo,

address:.EP ~f)1t 6b'J., ~td1Vl II.

city, state, zip: ,l.tqVIi(-\;i t1(;}'21

02/20/200B WED 11:11 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OBA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:51PM

February 6t 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RAWAITAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. TokudaJ ChairSenator J. Kalani EngIisht Vice Chair

CO:MMlTTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenatorRussell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABO,RSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton 'F.Iee, Vice Chair

No.4717 P. 11

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RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETILEMENTThe Sena~e: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloba mai kakoul

My name is l7t,?hc1[4.S JCe,DVJTJ

My address is: ~.CO -'Co~ 5e1~MAILlNG AODRESS

, and I SUpPOLt SB 2733.

rf~ HV\A qlgl at'JCITY. STATE, ZIP

1am a native Hawaiian and rwould appreciate your SUppo1t in favor of this bill.

Mahala.. / .

II/dk~

02/20/2008 WED 11:11 FAX 808 524 1825 aHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:52PM

February 6. 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English. Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER A.NI2 LA@. Senator Clayton Heet Chair

Senator Russell S. Kokubu.n, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ONnJDrClARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi) ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

No.47\7 P. 12

1dl029/104

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETI'LEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha mai kakou! .

My name is~Ant Ktil h, I and lsupport SB 2733.

My address is: 1. tJ. tb, /.. S '2~ \-tell" kMA.. m~MAlLING ADDRl3SS ClTY. S'CATE. ZIP


Mahalo,

,

02/20/200B WED 11:11 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:52PM

February O. 2008

No.4717 P. 131dI030/1Q4

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIlAN AliFATRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda. ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Heet ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun) Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair .Senator Clayton flee. Vice Chair

RF.: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha lllai kakoul

My name is .s.~'1cV'Jl U: DaQ~ .and I S~PPOlt S:B 2733,

My address is: 'fib 00x: l~ \<~W'l~.l--\-I orCattl-KMAILING ADDRESS CITY, 8f ('ATE, ZIP

I am a native Hawaiian al1d rw(luld appreciate your support. ill favol' of this bill.

Mahalo.

Feb. 8. 2008 12:52PM

Febmary 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND BAWAllAN AFFAlRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English. Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. KokubW1, Vice Chair

COM!V11TTBE ON nJDICTARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChaitSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

No.4717 P. 14

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETrLEMBNTThe Senate: The "fwenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your SUppOlt in favor of this bill.

Mahala,

02/20/2008 WED 11:12 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA 121032/104

Feb. 8. 2008 12:52PM No.4717 'Po 15

Febmary 6. 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalam ~nglish, Vice Chair

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COMlv!ITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator R.ussell S. KokubUI13 Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenmorBrianT.Tmllg~m,Ch~r

Senator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

RE~ SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty·Fourt'h Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha mm kakou! '

My name is H£q~J)4 -z;;.~/.and I support SB 2733.

My address is: '12~ (J. ~() x, 1~'Xr .A"'AAI" Ih· 76y¢r.f'r MAn.JNG ADDRESS~ CrfY'STATE. ZBS

Id appreciate your support in favor of this bill.I am a nativ~i:lWlp.

02/20/2008 WED 11:12 FAX 808 524 1825 DBA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:53PM

February 6, 2008

TO: .cOM:MITTEE ON AGBJ,CULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J: Ka.lani English. Vice Chair

QOMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun1 Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUD1CIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChaitSenator Clayton Hee. Vice Chair

No,4717 P. 16

Idl0331104

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST lAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-FouX1h Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloharnai kakou! .

Mynameis &,CA./4Ef7e ~4L{~1fs~pportSB 2733.

Myaddressis: b~/( ,rV /~~n,~7'@'I MAJLlNG ADDRESS CITY. STATF.1

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your SUPPO!1 in favor,of this blll.

02/20/2008 WED 11:12 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:53PM

Febl1lary 6, 2008

No.4717 P. 17121034/104

TO: Q.OMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator 1. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hce, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON nJDrCIARY AND LABORSenator BrIan T. Taniguchi, Chair.Senator Clayton Hee, Vi.ce Chair

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SHTTLEMENTThe Senat,e: The Twenty~Fourl.h Lcgi~laturc Regular Session of 2008

Alohamaj~My nameiS~~l and J support SB 2733.

I am l'eque~[ingyour slipport in favol' of this bill. J am a Hawaiian, and Tvole.

Mahalo,

address: 7!c;. i1~'X IJ 7 #'~~

city, state, zip: ~6.A';,,,,.1Ii'· ~~r;J...r

02/20/2008 WED 11:12 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:53PM

February 6. 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRlCULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator .T. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Ree, ChairSenator Russell S. Koknbun) Vice Chair

COMMIIIEE ON runtCIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee. Vice Chair

No.4717 P. 18IitI035/104

RE: SB 2733 -PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty.Pourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

My name is

My address is :

'. ~ and r support SB 2733.

i &.~ J~ . ~ttfAuR.;/" q~1~r'MAILING ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP

1am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your support ill favor of this bill.

. Mahal0,

-.,

02/20/2008 WED 11:12 FAX 808 524 1825 DHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:53PM

Febnlary 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English. Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee~ ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON runlCIARY AND LABORSenator :Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSen.ator Clayton Hee, Vice Chait

No.4717 P. 191dl036/1Q4

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SE'11'LEMBNTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth :f.:.egislature Regular Session of 2003

Aloha mai kakoul

My name is ~ A? /!;WJ!v.ka and I support SB 27:33. .

My address i.: ~P.~IC1J.7&~ flcr;l".htlP,~' .1b7.;J.1MAILING ADD S CITY, STATE, ZIP

I am a native Hawaiian and Jwould appreciate your support in favor of this bill.

Mahalo,

02/20/2008 WED 11:12 FAX 808 524 1825 DBA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:54PM

Febnlary 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND H'AWAilAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. .Kalani English, Viee Chair

coM'MtTTEE ONWATBR AND LANDSenator Cla.yton Heel ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubl.U1. Vioe Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenatorBriiln T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

No.4717 P.201dl037/104

RB; SB 2733 - PUBf,iIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The 'l"wenty~Fourth l..egisIamre Regular Session of 2008

Aloha mal kakou!

My name is~vt.~~v1I- •and I suppon SB 2733.

My address is :lo:o~ 21"J-- ra.n~'4,tr !f1 ;(I'1tlfMAILING ADDlUlSS CITY, STATi!. ZIP

r mu a native aa'Waiian and I would appreciate yOUl" suppon in favor of 111is bill,. .

Mabalo,

~--z:.,e--

02/20/2008 WED 11:13 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:54PM

Febnlary 6. 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AG.RlCULTIJRE AND HAWAUAN AFli'AlRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda. ChairSenator J. .K.alani English, Vice Chair

COMMlITEE ON WATERANb !ANDSenator Clayton Bee, ChairSenator R.ussell S. KokublUl, Vice Chair

COMMITTBE ON lUDICrARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee: Vice Chair

No.4717 P, 21

1(lJ038/104

RE: SB 2733 - PUBI,JC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislamre Regular Session of 2008

~-';';:~~ I' and I support SB 2733.

.f+t q~l@

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate yom: support in favor of Uris bill.

02/20/2008 WED 11:13 FAX 808 524 1825 DBA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:54PM

February 6~ 2008

TO; COMMITTEE ON AGlYCULTIJRB AND HAWAIIAN AFfAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, OIairSenator .T •Kalani EngHsh~ Vice Chair

COMMIT rEE ON WATER AND ].;ANDSenator Clayton Ree, ChairSellatorRussell S. Kokubun) Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICtARY AND LABORSenah:,rBriiUl T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Cla.yton Hee, Vice Chair

RE: SB 2733 .... PURI,.JC TRUST LAND SE'ITLEMENTThe Senate: the Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Sessic'D of 2008

No.4717 P.22

12J039/104

Aloha malkakoul

My llllJllt is Me:il/(!J l ~~/,:.m I support SB 2733.

Myaddressis: f?o.lJ6x 1..20 II~ tJ q~ 7-:29) MAILlNOADDlUlSS CITY, S'l'ATn,ZIP

I am a native Ha.waiian and Jwould appreciate your suppOrt in favor of lhis bill.

Mahalo,

02/20/200B WED 11:13 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OBA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:54PM

February 6, 200&

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN Rl'lAlRSSenator Jill N. Tokl1da. ChairSenator J. Kalani EngHsh~ Vice: Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenatorRussell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY ANQ LABo.RSenatorBrian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator ClaytonHee, Vice Chair

RB: SB 2733 - PUBI.....lC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislamre Regula-r Session of 2008

No.4717 P. 23

~040/104

Aloha mal kakoul

My name i.~ Cht:!JnC/ tVtltalt./ ,and I supp~rt. SB 2733.

My addreliS is : PO R70~ /)8'1- /(t;U(iJl/ifp;,faI/ I/P1/"J4:Ii1· 9/,74~MAIUNC ADDRESS CITY. s'l'ATF.. tiP

I mu a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate yOUi' sl1ppon in favor of ilUs bill..Mahalo.

02/20/2008 WED 11:13 FAX B08 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:55PM

February 6, 200S

TO: COlVII\1ITTEB ON AGRlCULTIlRB AND HAWAIIAN AffAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani EngHslt~ Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATEk AND LANDSenator Clayton Bee, ChairSellator Russell S. Kokubun1 Vice Chair

COMMIITEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenalOr. Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Bee. Vice Chair

RB: SB 2733 ... PUB'...JC TRUST LAND SETILEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth LegislatUre Regular SessiUIJ of Z008

No.4717 P.24

~041/104

Aloha mai kakoU!

My name is 11../£ Btl&4e~My mIdress is: ~ foOD. ff 01 (~~

MAILING ADDRBSS

, and I !;UPport SB 2733.

, f1bO{..(;/11A Ir .f1 ( Qb7'l'fCITY, S'fATF.. ZlP

I am a native Hawaiian and .r would appr.eciam your support iu favor of illis bill,

02/20/2008 WED 11:13 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12: 55PM

February 6. 2008

TO~ CQMMITTEB ON AGRlCULTI)RE AND HAWAllAN AFliAlRSSenator Jill N. Tonda, ChairSenatorJ. .Kalani English, Vjce Chair

COMM.fITEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator ClaytonHee, ChairSenator Russell S. Koku.bun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUPICIARYANQ LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator Clayton Reef Vice Chair

RE SB 2733 ~ PUBI...IC TRUST LAND SETI'LEMENTThe Senate: jIbe Twenty-fourth Legislamre Regular SessioD 0[2008

Aloha mai kakou!

My namej~l:?'~h '"De~f%.and I support SB 2733.

My address is: -PO·~ 15"7(p ........, ~{p/t..brMAlUNG ADDRESS CITY. S'fA.Tn, tIP

No.4717 P. 251dl042/104

I am a native Hawaiian and 1would apprer:iare YOUi' ~UppOIt in favor of this bill..

02/20/2008 WED 11:13 FAX 808 524 1825 DHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:55PM

February 6, 200&

TO: COMMITTEB ON AGRICULTURE AND H'AWAfiANAl,'lTAlRSSenator Jill N. Tokud~ ChairSenator J. Kalani EngJis'h. Vj~e Chair

COMMtTl"EE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Cla.yton llee, ChairSenat9r Russell S. l<okubun. Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator. Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Ree, Vice Chair

RE: . SB 2733 .... PUBI..,IC TRUST LAND SE'ITLEMENTThe Senate: The 'lwenty..Fourth Legislature Regular Sessiuu of2008

No.4717 P. 26I(l)O 43/1 04

Aloha mal kakoul

My name is A1eI'Yf't1~ y:,,(q'e,z, P/~and I supportSB 2733.

My address is: pP&;< ~8J!. f;.s!tfn,q ~/t:q i 1M'1'4'// ?~7f'J"MAILING ADD!U1SS CITY. s·rATp.. Z'P

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appteciate your support in f~vor of this bill.

Mallalc,

02/20/200B WED 11:13 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OHA

Feb, 8, 2008 12:55PM

Fcbnlary 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTIJRE ANn HAWAllAN AFli A1RSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English" Vice Chair

CQMMIITEE ON WATER AND LANllSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. "KokublDl, Vice Chair

COMMITTEB ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenatorBrian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenattlf ClaytonRee, Vice Chair

RB: SB 2733 - PUBlJC TRUST LAND SETILEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty~Jlourth Legisla.ture Regular Se.~sic'\n of 2008

No.4717 P, 27

1dI044/104

M.alla10.

, and I support SB 2733.

Jfav~~,; Qt7lJ-V( CITY, S'l'ATr., ZlP j

02/20/2008 WED 11:14 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:56PM

February 6, 200&

TO; COMMITTEE ON AGRlCULTIJRE AND HAWAilAN AFliA.lRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani Englisb, Vice Chair

COMMIT'l§E ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton ;gee, ChairSellator Russell S. J(01tu.b\U1~ Vice Chair

COMMIT'J'EB ON JUD1CI:ARV AND LABORSenator Brian. T, Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Ree, Vice Chair

RB: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND sE'ITLHMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth LegiNlamre Regular SessiOD of 2008

No.4717 P.281llI04S/104

. Aloha mal kakout

My name is ~n\TnQ.\~c. Hoo\lQ( ,and I suppon SB 2733.

My address is: p.o· ~~ 4Cb '1- \2><2> \<. \¥:.p\ \4.1: q 0 14~M.An.J:N"O ADDRESS CITY. S'l'ATf" ZIP

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appt'ecia""r.B your suppOrt in favor of this bill.

02/20/2008 WED 11:14 FAX 808 524 1825 DBA 1210461104

Feb. 8. 2008 12:56PM No.4717 p, 29

February 6, 2008

TO: COMMrITEB ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIlANA'Fl;'AlRSSenator Jill N. Tokudaj ChairSenator J. Kalani English) Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER. AND LANDSenator ClaytonHeo, ChairSellator Russoll S. Kokubu"; Vice Chair

COMMlTTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi) ChairSenator ClaytonHee, Vice Chair

RE: SB 2733 - PUBI.J.lCTRUST LAND SETrLEMENTThe Senate: 'the Twcnty-¥ouJ1h l.cegislarnre Regular Session of 2008

My name is ~"=-~~~IOJliiPH,---_1

My address is : :.CL;l!!t:::.~tgIJ~~-:::::-:-:_~~~b~?-1C1tL_MAlLINO ADDlUlSS

I am a native Hawaiian and 1would a.ppreciate your. $Uppl~It in favor or Uris bill.,

Mabala,~.•__,,, --:~ ......

02/20/2008 WED 11:14 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:56PM

February 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULnJRE AND HAWAIIAN AI:17A1RSSenator Jill N. tokuda. ChairSenator J. Kalani EngHshJ Vice Chair

COM'M1TTEE ON WATBRAND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairS~ator Russell S. KokubU1'l7 Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JPPICIARY AND LABORSenator. Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

RE: SB 2733 - PUBI..JC TRUST LAND SETILEMENTThe Senate: '111e Twenty·l'ourt111~egislatUre Regular Sessic.1D of 2008

No.4717 P. 301dI0471104

r am a native Hawaiian and J would apprecim your. $llpPOI[ in favor of \lUll bill.

Mahala, 1

02/20/2008 WED 11:14 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 200812:56PM

February 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEB ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAlIAN AF17AlRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English~ Vice Chair

COMMITJ."BE ON wArM ANn LANDSenator Clayton Hec1 ChairSenator Russell S. Koku.bun, Vice Chair

COMMrITBE ON IDDICJARY AND LABORSenator Brian T, Taniguchi, ChairSenator ClaytonBee, Vice Chair

RB: SB 2733 ... PUBLIC TRUST LAND SE'ITLEMENT!he Senate: The Twenty-Fourth I..egisJamTe Regulat Session of 2008

No.4717 P. 311dI048/104

Aloha mai kakouJ

My namei~~; ~~ ..J and I supp0J.1, SB 2733, .

MYaddre/i5is~ ~V ~fi4J4id lJA~i 1h7Lf8'MAlLINO ADDRBSS CITY, STATP., ZIP

I 81U a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your support in favor of lllis bill.

Mahalo.

Feb. 8. 2008 12:57PM

February 6l 2008

TO: COM:MIT1'EE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalalli English, Vioe Chair

COMMITTEE.ON WAT.ERAND LANDSenator Clayton He~ Chail;Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND L:ABORSenator Brian. T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hoc, Vice Chair

No.4717 P.32

RB: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUS1" LAND SETILBMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth LegiSlature Regular Session of 2008

_ .......~---:~-!~~:=;.;..~d I suppo~ SB 2733.

J am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your support in favol' of this bilt..~

Mahalo,

02/20/2008 WED 11:14 FAX 808 524 1825 DHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:57PM·

Febroary 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRiCULTURE AND HAWAlIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jilt N. Tokud~ ChairSenator J, Kalani English, Vice Chair

COM:M1TTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. KokubUl)., Vice Chajr

COMM.lTTEB ON ruDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator Cla.yton Hee. Vice Chair

No.4717 P. 33

1(l]050/104

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SElTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha!

My name is -9jA~l£J_' , and I support SB 2733.


Mah~~'QL..y;r[M~ ~

address: _?_(!)_·_~_~_J(_g_~.--..;1 _

U~I~UI~UUU WED ll:l~ FAX 808 ~24 1625 OHA

Feb, 8. 2008 12:57PM

February 6t 2008

TO; COMlv.IITTBE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAllAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani Englis~ Vice Chair

COlvfMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND. Senator Clayton Hee, Chair

Senator Russell S. Kokubuu, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

No.4717 P. 34

~0~1/104

RB: SB 2733 - PUBUC TRUST LAND SBTTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty..Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

I am a native} .ij:21Y'I3,ii~and I would appreciate your suppOrt in favor of this bill .. . :,,:-<::._·,o'c;.:_-,y,,:.{~:,- '.. ' ' •

Mahalo.

02/20/2008 WED 11:15 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:57PM

Febmary 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFfAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator 1. Kalani English. Vice Chair

COMMIITEE ON WATER hND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun. Vice Chair .

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Ree, Vice Chair

No,4717 P. 35

141052/104


Aloha mai kakou I

My nameQ tl'~k ~l,'K . . l!Jld I support 882'733.

My address is : &. \3 C9" 4 87213 ~ '~'''\~ ~~ll( r. MAILING ADDRESS CITY. STATE. ZIP

I am a native HawaUun and r would appreciate your support in favor of this bill.

Mahalo,

02/20/2008 WED 11:15 FAX 808 524 1825 OBA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:58PM

February 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAlLAN AFFAmSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair .Senator J. KaIani English, Vice Chair


COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LMORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

~053/104

No.4717 P.36.

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SEITLEMENT .The Senate: The Twenty..Fourth Legislature Regular Session of2008

.Aloha mm kakout .

My ~ame is !2~U·H-rvtJn ~.teJtJ.. () .~d I s~pport sa 2733.

My ad~ss is : Ie> }36It (I /, ,e-" 6,. fA If') bM- " u'7$7MAILING ADDRESS CITY:STATB. ZIP

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciaie your support in favor of this bill.

Mahala,

02/20/2005 WED 11:15 FAX BOB 524 1B25 DHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:58PM

February 6,2008

TO: COMMmEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWhllAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator 1. Kalani Bnglis~ Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATllR AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenatorRussell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMI'ITEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Tanigu.chi, ChairSenator Clayton Hea. Vice Chair

..

No.4717 P. 37

~054/104

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETrLEMBNTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of2008

Aloha mai k~ou! .

My ~ame is_er~ ~ I and 1support SB 2733.

My a~dress is :--P iJ .f2¥ ~ tM1~~ l:if "1 bl.,J:"7MAILING ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP. .

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your support hI favor of this bill.

Mahala,

02/20/2008 WED 11:15 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:58PM

February 6. 2008

TO~ COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAmSSenatorJill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator 1. Kalani English. Vice Chair


COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR;Senator Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

1dI055/104

No.4717 P.38

RB: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fmmh Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha!

MylJl!lllt'i. 1-!-;'1;k 1210!l~d I SUpport sa 2733.

I am requesting your support in fa.vor of this hill. I am Hawaiian, and I vote.

address: f ~ 0... l?k {G?

rz II<jJ 1ft 1!1fa7LkYcityt state, zip: I <

02/20/2008 WED 11:15 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:58PM

February 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator ,1. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Rea) ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON roDIClARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton liee, Vice Chair

1d!056/104

No.4717 P.39

RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SE1~LEMENT

The Senate: The Twenty..Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

I am a native Hawaiian and I would appreciate your 8Uppolt in favor of this bill.

02/20/2008 WED 11:16 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12;59PM

February 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda. ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

C01\@{1ITTeE ON WATER AND LANQ. Senator Clayton Heel Chair

Senator Russell S. Kokubunl Vice Chair


12I057/104

No.4717 P. 40

RE: sa 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLBMENTTha Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

I J/' J,. 1'._ I~.l

My name is~'~~~q~=::::~~~.=~ and I su.pport SB 2733.

My address is : .-.I_tJ_----",-'_'2_2_q._:......1-_,t_~_h~fA,.~~_~~'fr,~7_2+--_MAlLlNG ADDRESS CITY, STA1'a.


02/20/2006 WED 11:16 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

Feb. 8. 2008 12:59PM

February 6, 2008

121058/104

No.4717 P. 41

TO: COMMmEB ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFfAIRSSenatorJill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English~ Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Ree, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

CO:MMITIEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi~ ChairSenator Clayton B:ee~ Vice Chair

RE: sa 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SE'ifLEMENTTIle Senate: The Twenty-Fourth LegiMature Regular Session of2008

Aloha!

Mynameis~\1L- AU.\NttL I and I support SB 2733.

I am requesting your snpport in favor of this bill. I am Hawaiian. and I vote.

address: '\\ ~t)'/. lh

city, state, zip: !MIIU w\Ql).. \.ai '1.=(,,-'..;"2_0 _

v ... , ... v, ... vvu ""'u oLoL: olD l.'·A2I. llUll 524 1625 aHA

02-08-' 08 09: 44 FBOM-HAI~AII MAOLI 808-394-0057121059/104

T-392 P002/002 F-753

....- _ ," February 8,.2008 ..

To: Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill Tokuda, Chah'Senator J. Kalan! English, Vice Chair

Committee on Water and LandSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

Committee o~ Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi) ChairSenatol' Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

.'

Re: SB 2733 - Public Trust Land SettlementThe Senate~ The Twenty-FoUl'th Legislature Regular Session of2008

Aloha!

My Name is Leah Nihipali, and I SUpp01't SB 2733, I am requesting your SUppolt in favorof this bill. I am Hawaiian and 1vote.

~a 0 M.'.·· ......... ·· ....•.".... ... .... ... . . .... ..... ~

Leah Njhipali410A Bates StreetHonolulu, HI 96817

RE: SB 2733 PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular

Session of 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGIUCULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. ToIc.uda. ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

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and I support

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February 8, 2008

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COMMITTEE ON JUD.ICfARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

Mahala,

~-~e~~S AiUfAA,u-u Itv£.::tt-go:;

Feb 08 08 12:11p

Address

/IdYlO lutu-, It:r:-

f;uelJ tz; Sen. 51f-N~1!J'U11-8 s~C:, -t;t SCI-+- <1"1(/ ~ I q(.,,; <;

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02-08-'08 11:08 FROM-

February 6, 2008

Idl061/104

T-011 P002/002 F-018

Statement by RiChlU"d PezzllloRe: SB 2733 RELATING TO 'l1-ill PUBLIC TRUST llANDS SETTLEMENT _. INSUPPOR1'February 9~ 2008lO:OOamState Capitol Auditorium

8B2733 Resolves olaims und disputes relating to the portion 01' income alldproceeds from the lands oftbe public laud trust lbr use by the officeof Hawaiian affairs between 11/7/1978 and 7/112008; fixesprospectively the minh'num amount ofincome and pmceeds from thelands ofthe public lund trust that are to be paid to the otnce ofHawaii affairs at $15~100,000 each fiscal y<:ur,

6ubmltted tqi

Joint Committees on Agricultul'e & Hawaiian Affairs. Watel' and J,..and, and Judiciary andLabor Members:Senator Jill N. Tol(.uda, ChairS~l1atorClayton Hec, ChairSCJla(()r Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

Testimony:I am a j'lon-Hawaiian and my family ,\nd I strongly support Bill 8B2733 which resolvesclaims and disputes l'elaling ttl the portion of income mld proceeds from the lands of thepublio land trust 'lor use by the office of Hawaiian affairs between 11l7fl978 and7/1/2008 and sets tho annual ceded lands payments at $15,100,000.

This settlement covers a 3<) year period aud i~ e"lremely overdue. Thcl'e is no reason forthe settlement to have taken this long and I urge you to resolve this long standing issuethrough immediate passage of SB2733, which provides fair compensation in the form ofland and cash.

By adopting S92733, the 2008 State Legislature will demonstrate fajl11ess, justice, and acontinued commitlu(mt to the nutive people ofHawaii,

Thank you 1:01' your tim0.

Sill" rely,

Jichard Pezzulo

94..462 Haiwale LoopMili1ani~Hawaii 96789

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RE: sa 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate; The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Alohal

My name is Kathryn Kahiwa Chung, and I support S8 2733.

I am requesting your support in favor of this bill. I am Hawaiian and I vote.

Mahala,

~.~.~"-'-j,.-->Kathryn~~i~a Chung (j1321 Lunalilo Home RoadHonolulu, HI 96825

02/20/2008 WED 11:17 FAX 80B 524 1B25 OHA

To: Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English. Vice Chair

Committee on Water and LandSenator Clayton Hcc, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

Committee on judiciary and LaborSenalor Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

Re: SB 2733- Public Trust Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is Kuuipo Johnson, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the hill. J am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo, Ij/uqLA-r;·a~t'-2.---

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Committee on Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Wallace Akuna Jr., and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

t<Jodfi;Wallace Akuna Jr.

~064/104

To: Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. KaJani English, Vice Chair

Committee on Water and LandSenator Clayton Hcc, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

Committee on Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton llee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Nora Nihipali, and I support SB 2733. r am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Nora Nihipali

02/20/200B WED 11:17 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OHA





Aloha!

My name is Lawrence Nihipali. and I supporL SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I voLe!

1dl066/104





Aloha!

My name is Leila Nihipali, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your SUppOlt in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

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Committee on Water and LandSenator Clayton Bee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

Committee on Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

Re: SB 2733- Public Trust Lands Setllement

Aloha!

My name is Cheryl Nihipali. and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,~«~-_.

Cheryl Nihipali

~068/104

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To: Committee on Agl'iculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda. ChairSenator J, Kalani English, Vice Chair

Committee on Water and LandSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun. Vice Chair

Committee on Judiciary and J,aborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Terri Kitamori, and I support SB 2733, I am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo. 1/ '~.~ !<-A lVL/'--~-

Terri Kitamori

1dI069/104

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Committee on Water and LandSenator Clayton Hce, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair



Aloha!

My name is Elston KitamOli, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. Tam a support.er and I vote!

Elston Kitamori

~070/104

To: Committee on Agdculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair


Committee on Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton IJee, Vice Chair

Re: SB 2733- Public TlUst Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is Verna Kitamori, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. Tam a supporter and I vote!

Ma~alo~

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~071/104

02/20/2008 WED 11:18 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA



Committee on Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi. ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Joy Carpenter, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

~7~~~J~arp;nter

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Committee on Water and LandSenat.or Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

Committee on Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenatOl- Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Lan'y Carpenter, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supp011:er and I vote!

Mahala,

). c!!-~.LaITy Carpenter

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Committee on JUdiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Gladys Gilding, and I support SB '2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Ma~~~iJ a J IJ IJ~qy~.

Gladys Gilding

ItZJ074/104

02/20/2006 WED 11:18 FAX 808 524 1825 DHA

To: Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator.1. Kalani English, Vice Chair

Committee on Water and LandSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vicc Chair

Committee 011 Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is William Martin Sr., and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

r$~/U~>.William Martm Sr.

1dI075/104



Committee on Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vic~ Chair


Aloha!

My name is William Martin Jr., and I support SB 2733. 1 am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

Wil~~

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02/20/2008 WED 11:18 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA

To: Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator 1. Kalani English, Vice Chair


Committee on JUdiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hcc, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Mele Martin Jr., and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supportel' and J vote!

Mahalo,

fA elf ;1.;(arf7~ J V·

Mele Martin Jr.

1dI077/104

To: Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. KalEmi English, Vice Chair


Committee on Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChaitSenator Clayton Bee, Vice Chair

Rc: SB 2733- Public Trust Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is James Ton'es, and r support SB 2733. I am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

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CommitLee on Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

Re: SB 2733- Puhlic Trust Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is Sam Torres Jr., and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,~. ~ .~.-.'

. /~'7'L ~~.sam om:s Jr.

U2/20/2006 WED 11:19 FAX 808 524 1825 OBA



Committee on JUdiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

Rc: SB 2733~ Public Trust Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is Sam Torres Sr., and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

;5~ti,\~/~j5~iSam~~esSr.

/210801104

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Committee on Water and LandSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenat.or Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair


Re: SB 2733- Public Trust. Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is Shari Nihipali, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo, .'.,

... j AtI/:0 1JtAldte.L.~<J~ari Nih~~ali I

1dI0811104

02/20/2008 WED 11:19 FAX 808 524 1825 OHA


Committee on Water and LandSenator Clayton Hee. ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair



Aloha!

My name is John Nihipali. and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

~082/104

02/20/2008 WED 11:19 FAX 808 524 1825 aHA



COlUmittee Oll Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Miulan Nihipali, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo, . \

!/tlivt/ML,'lld;I/-flI1liMiulan NihipaH IF

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Aloha!

My name is Lyman Panui, and 1 support SB 2733. I am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a sUppOlter and I vote!

IdI084/104

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Aloha!

My name is Danye1 Panui, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and J vote!

1dI085/104

02/20/200B WED 11:19 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OHA

To: Committee on Agliculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

Committee on Water and LandScnator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair


Re: SB 2733- PubJic Trust Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is Leilani Nihipali, and 1 support SB 2733. I am requesting your SUPPOlt infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

~Mahalol - ' ....

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1dI0B6/104

02/20/2008 WED 11:19 FAX BOB 524 1825 OBA

To: Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. 'fokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

Committee on Water and L~l11d

Senator Clayton Hee, ChairSenat.or Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

Commiuee on JUdiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Tracy Sanchez-Garcia, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your supportin favor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

1dI087/104

02/20/2008 WED 11:19 FAX 808 524 1825 aHA

To: CommiLlee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair




Aloha!

My name is Sam Kea, and I SUppOlt SB 2733. I am requesting your support in favor ofthe bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo

~~/i.,./ ~£>..

Sam Kea

~08B/104

02/20/200B WED 11:20 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OHA



Committee on JUdiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hcc, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Lacy Nihipali-Kea, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

~;~/VdUA'~'~ £(Cc<-Lacy$,ibipah-Ke~ --I·

1210 B9 / 104

02/20/200B WED 11:20 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OHA

To: Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenatol' Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair



Re: SB 2733- Public Tmst. Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is Charles Nihipali Jr., and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a SuppOltel' and I vote!

121090/104





Aloha!

My name is Georgina Nihipali, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

/J.d.'. ¥J1Irlfi~~ ;TV~ /~ .~~{.>oeorgt:;Nihipali

1dI091/104

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To: Committee on Agricullure and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair


Committee OIl Judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Tani.guchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Blanche Torres, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

~~~.~lanCheTorresfJ!lf/

1dI092/104

02/20/200B WED 11:20 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OHA




Re: 813 2733- Public Trust Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is Amare Belay, and I supporl 8B 2733. I am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vot.e!

Mahalo,~_.

Amare Belay234 PakauwiIi DriveWahiawa, HI 96786

121093/104

02/20/2008 WED 11:20 FAX 808 524 1825 OBA

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tol<uda, ChairSenator J. Kalan; English, Vice Chair



RE: SB 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LANDS SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of 2008

Aloha!

My name is Brigitte Abbot, and 1 support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of tl1e bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

Brigitte Abbot45-161 I<umakua Place #76Kaneohe, HI 96744

121094/104

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February 6, 2008

TO: COMM1TIEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Bee. ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMIITE.E ON JUDICIARY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Bee, Vice Chair

RE: sa 2733 - PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regular Session of2008

Aloha! ;(

MYnameiSa~"I~' ,andIsupportSB2133.


Mahalo,

106 Pinana StreetKailua, HI 96734

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February 6, 2008


COMMffTEE ON WATER AND LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

COMMI1TEE ON JUDICIARY.AND LABORSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Scott Junk and I support SB 2733.

I am requesting your support in favor of this bill. 1 am Hawaiian, and I vote.

Mahalo,

7t!t~tee ;104Kailua, Hi 96734

02/20/200B WED 11:20 FAX BOB 524 1B25 OHA

February 6, 2008

TO: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRSSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English) Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AN.D LANDSenator Clayton Hee, ChairSenator Russell S. Kokuhull, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON JUDICI.f\.RY AND LABORSenator Brian T. Tani&lUchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

RE: SB 2733 ..,PUBLIC TRUST LAND SETTLEMENTThe Senate: The Twenty-Fourth Legislature Regulat Session of 2008

Aloha!

My name is David R. Junk and I support SB 2733.

I am requesting your support in favor of this bill. My children are of Hawaiian heritage,and I am a registered voter.

Idlo 9 7/1 0 4

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To: Committee 011 Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair



Re: SB 2733- Public Tmst Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is Eleanor Nihipali, and I SUppOit SB 2733. 1 am requesting your support infavor of the bilI. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

£L~ !'Id'<Aft'<liEleanor Nihipali234 Pak.auwiIi DriveWahiawa, HI 96786

121098/104





Aloha!

My name is Clyde Soto Jr., and 1 SUpp0l1 SB 2733. I am requesting your SUppOlt in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

~~tr ~.J(.'"5 ;~ ,-Clyde Soto Jr.234 Pakauwili DriveWahiawa, HI 96786


Committee on Watcr and LandSenator Clayton Hee, ChairScnator Russell S. Kokubun, Vice Chair

Committee on Judiciary and LaborSenatOlo Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Clyde Soto, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your SUppOlt in favor ofthe bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Maha;Q'jJ_ 'Vvy----SJl--

Clyde Soto234 Pakauwili DriveWahiawa, HI 96786 .

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To: Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairScnator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair


Committee on judiciary and LaborSenator Brian T. Taniguchi, ChairSenator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair


Aloha!

My name is Henry Lopes, and I support SB 2733. 1 am requesting your support in favorof the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

JI·~ --Henry Lopes234 PakauwiIi DriveWahiawa. HI 96786

To: Committee on Agriculture and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator 1. Kalani English, Vice Chair




Aloha!

My name is Chasity Lopes, and I support: SB 2733. I am requesting your support in favorof the bilL I am a supporter and I vote!

M'~f-,nJChasity Lopes r;--v~234 PakauwiIi DriveWahiawa, HI 96786

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Re: SB 2733~ Public Trust Lands Settlement

Aloha!

My name is Sharlene Rodrigues, and I support SB 2733. I am requesting your support infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

M;]lhaQI

Ze--.. 7?-cA--S g lene Rodrigues234 Pakauwili DriveWahiawa, HI 96786

To: Committee on AgriculLure and Hawaiian AffairsSenator Jill N. Tokuda, ChairSenator J. Kalani English, Vice Chair




Aloha!

My name is David Rodrigues, and 1 support SB 2733. I am requesting your SUppOl1 infavor of the bill. I am a supporter and I vote!

Mahalo,

y. '1L~JDavId RodIigues234 Pakauwili DriveWahiawa, HI 96786

TESTIMONY OF THE STATE, ATTORNEY GENERALTwENTy-FoURTH LEGISLATURE,. 2008

ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE:

S.B. NO. 2733, S.D.1, RELATING TO THE PUBLIC TRUST LANDS SETTLEMENT.

BEFORE THE:

SENATE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

DATE:

LOCATION:

TESTIFIER(S):

Thursday, February 21, 2008 TIME: 9: 30 AMState Capitol, AuditoriumDeliver to: Committee Clerk, Room 210,1 copy

WRITTEN TESTIMONY ONLY(For further information contact Mark J. Bennett, AttorneyGeneral, 586-1282, or Charleen M. Aina, Deputy AttorneyGeneral, 586-1292)

Chair Baker and Members of the Committee:

The Attorney General understands that this bill is being

considered by the Committee on Ways and Means to continue the

process of affording the public, and particularly Native Hawaiians,

the opportunity to be heard on this important matter. After the

community's input and opinion have been received and weighed,

however, for all of the reasons detailed below, the Attorney General

respectfully requests the bill be restored to the form jointly

proposed by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Governor.

The Attorney General testifies in strong support of S.B. No.

2733, Relating to the Public Trust Lands Settlement, in the form

that it was introduced. The Legislature's approval of this bill,

which is a necessary step to the effectuation of an important

settlement reached between the State of Hawaii and the Office of the

Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) , is manifestly in the best interest of the

State of Hawaii, OHA, and all the people of the State of Hawaii -

Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians alike.

It is impossible to either understand or evaluate this bill,

without an understanding of the history that preceded it. Crown

lands and government lands of the Kingdom of Hawaii passed first to

the Republic of Hawaii, and the United States-Territory of Hawaii,

272615_1.DOC Testimony of the Department of the Attorney GeneralPage 1 of7

before they passed, through the 1959 Hawaii Admission Act, to the

State of Hawaii. However, the transfer of these lands from the

United States to the State was not in any sense unconditional.

Section 5(f) of the Admission Act requires that these lands,

together with the proceeds from the sale or other disposition of

such lands, and the income from them for their use, were to be held

by the State of Hawaii as a "public trust" "for the support of the

public schools and other public educational institutions, for the

betterment of the conditions of native Hawaiians . ., for the

development of farm and home ownership on a widespread a basis as

possible for the making of the making public improvements, and for

the provision of lands for public use." Section 5(f) also provides:

"Such lands, proceeds, and income shall be managed and

disposed for one or more of the foregoing purposes in

such manner as the constitution and laws of said state

may provide, and their use for any other object shall

constitute a breach of trust for which suit may be

brought by the United States."

From Statehood through 1978, proceeds from these public trust

lands, also known as the Ceded Lands, were used primarily to benefit

public education in the State of Hawaii. This usage did not violate

the Admission Act, as the Admission Act did not mandate that the

lands or their income and proceeds be used for anyone of the

purposes set forth in section 5(f). Thereafter, the Constitutional

Convention of 1978, and the amendments to the State Constitution

proposed by the Convention and ratified by the electorate in 1978,

established the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in what is now Article

XII, sections 5 and 6 of the Constitution, and directed OHA's

trustees, as provided by law, to manage the income and proceeds from

the Ceded Lands OHA received for native Hawaiians. Although it does

not specify an amount, or include a formula or methodology for

making that allocation, Article XII makes clear that a portion of

the income and proceeds from the Ceded Lands was to be allocated by

Testimonyof the Department of the Attorney GeneralPage 2 of7

law to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, to manage and administer for

native Hawaiians.

Beginning almost immediately after 1978, the Legislature on a

number of occasions tried to formulate the allocation for OHA.

Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, no formulation enacted by

the Legislature satisfactorily fixed how much OHA was to receive, or

even how the amount OHA was to receive was to be calculated. Almost

since the adoption of what is now Article XII, the State and OHA

have been involved in controversy and lawsuits regarding how much of

the income and proceeds from the Ceded Lands are to be allocated by

the State to OHA.

Three separate times the matter has gone to the Hawaii Supreme

Court. Although the Hawaii Supreme Court has never directed that a

particular percentage of the income and proceeds, or a particular

method of allocation of the income and proceeds be adopted, it has

said that the "State's obligation to native Hawaiians is firmly

established in our Constitution" and that "it is incumbent upon the

Legislature to enact legislation that gives effect to the right of

native Hawaiians to benefit from the Ceded Lands Trust." See e.g.,

Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. State ("OHA I"), 96 Hawai'i 388, 401,

31 P.3d 901, 914 (2001) (in OHA I, the court also quoted from a

speech by then State Senator Neil Abercrombie to the Legislature at

the first of these legislative attempts to fix OHA's share of the

Ceded Lands income and proceeds in 1980:

"I fear that for those who are interested in seeing [OHA]

move forward that they have won a Pyrrhic victory, that

this is merely a skirmish in a very large battle ....

[A] 1 though I would be delighted to say otherwise, I regret

to say that I expect that the moment this passes into

statute, there will be a suit and that the business of the

Office of Hawaiian Affairs is, as a result, going to be

tied up in court for God-knows how many years.".

Testimony of the Department of the Attorney GeneralPage 3 of7

Despite attempts by the Legislature to fulfill the State's

constitutional obligation, and despite efforts by the Executive

Branch to implement the laws the Legislature has enacted,

differences, particularly as to whether income from the Ceded Lands

underlying many of the State's airports, hospitals and housing

projects, have remained unresolved.

The instant bill, thirty years in coming, finally and

completely settles all past disputes between the State and OHA over

the how much of the income and proceeds from the Ceded Lands OHA is

to receive under Article XII, and fixes a process for the future

that, if unchanged by future legislatures, assures that there will

never be litigation over the share of the income and proceeds from

the Ceded Lands due to OHA again.

First, the legislation and the Settlement Agreement between the

State and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (attached to this testimony

without a copy of the bill as an exhibit), requires the payment to

OHA of approximately $13 million in cash, and the transfer of

approximately $187 million (tax assessed value) of real estate owned

by the State, in full and complete settlement of all past amounts

due or which might be due to OHA from the income and proceeds of the

Ceded Lands from 1978-2008. The Settlement Agreement and the

legislation make absolutely clear that this is the case. Moreover,

there are no other claims that can be brought for income and

proceeds from the Ceded Lands other than those that are settled by

the Settlement Agreement with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and by

this legislation.

Second, the Settlement Agreement and this bill provide that for

the future, beginning July I, 2008, for every year in which OHA

retains the right to receive $15.1 million in income and proceeds

from the Ceded Lands, there can be no claim relating to the income

and proceeds from Ceded Lands for that year. This is a workable way

of settling this issue for the future. This Legislature cannot bind

a future legislature with a requirement to pay money in the future.

Testimony of the Department of the Attorney GeneralPage 4 00

This Legislature cant however t make it clear that there is no right

to sue for any year in the future in which OHA has received at least

$15.1 million t and both this bill and the Settlement Agreement

explicitly provide a waiver by OHA of suit for any year in which OHA

has that right.

It should be noted moreover t that even were the parties to

purport to guarantee future payments in future years to OHA t or pay

enough now to bar any future paYments t such a settlement could not

be binding on a future legislature t which could still decide to

allocate future proceeds from the Ceded Lands to OHA t or reduce

future amounts t notwithstanding anything in a bill. The Agreement

and the proposed legislation t on the other hand t recognize the

reality that this Legislature cannot bind its successors t but

nonetheless t set in place a process which if not changed t forecloses

all future disputes over the income and proceeds from the Ceded

Lands.

With regard to a dispute that has lasted thirty years t and

about which there has been great controversYt it is axiomatic that

those on one side of the dispute or the other t with one interest or

another t can claim that a different settlement t paying moret paying

less t paying in a different waYt would have been better for one

group or another t or even the State as a whole. Such views are

wholly understandable t given the complexity of the dispute t and the

length it has lasted. If this were a dispute susceptible of easy

It isresolution t it would have been settled years or decades ago.

the difficulties that have made the dispute last this long.

Notwithstanding those difficulties t however t and

notwithstanding all the diverging views t the fact remains that it is

my belief that this is a fair and reasonable settlement for all the

beneficiaries of the public land trust -- native Hawaiians and all

of the people of Hawaii alike.

For those who say there should be no benefits for Hawaiians

because providing benefits is un-American or violates the Fourteenth


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Amendment to the United States Constitution, my response is no court

has ever issued such a ruling, and Article XII of the Constitution

of the State of Hawaii, which I and every legislator have sworn to

uphold, directs that OHA receive a portion of the income and

proceeds from the Ceded Lands for native Hawaiians.

For those who discuss historical grievances by the Hawaiian

people against the United States, and its successor to the Ceded

Lands -- the State of Hawaii -- I can say only that this bill does

not and cannot address those grievances. It is my belief that such

grievances can only be addressed after the passage of a bill like

the Akaka Bill, and subsequent negotiations and other political

processes, not through a bill like this or in the courts.

Irrespective of the validity of the historical grievances of

Hawaiians (and as I have said publicly on many occasions, I believe

the historical grievances have validity), the existence of those

grievances should not interfere with the Legislature fulfilling its

responsibilities under Article XII of the State Constitution. Nor

should the possibility of a future political resolution of those

grievances (and no one can predict whether or not that political

resolution will or will not come) deter the Legislature from

fulfilling its responsibilities under Article XII.

This bill and the settlement it effects, neither is nor can be

all things to all people. What it does do, however, is make a final

and complete resolution of all claims to the income and proceeds

from the Ceded Lands that OHA has or may have had thus far under

Article XII of the Constitution, and put a process in place for the

future, so that there will not be lawsuits or disputes over OHA's

Article XII share of such income and proceeds hereafter.

Again then, in closing, this bill and the Settlement Agreement

represent a fair and just resolution of complex and lengthy

controversies. I know the Legislature will exercise its

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respectfully urge that after that is done, the Legislature enact the

bill without material changes.


@I-lAOFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Legislative Testimony

SB 2733, SDlRELATING TO THE PUBLIC TRUST LANDS SETTLEMENT

Senate Committee on Ways and Means

February 21,2008 9:30 a.m. Conference Room 211

Aloha Chair Baker, Vice Chair Tsutsui, and Members. I am Clyde Namu'o,Administrator of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. OHA strongly supports, withamendments, Senate Bill No. 2733, SOl Relating to the Public Trust Lands Settlement.

This bill would resolve and settle any and all claims and disputes relating to theportion of income and proceeds from the lands of the public land trust for use by aHA,including under sections 4 and 6 of Article XII of the State Constitution and any relevantstatute or act, between November 7, 1978 and July 1, 2008. The bill would also fix,prospectively, the minimum amount of income and proceeds of the public land trust thatare to be paid to aHA to use under section 6 of Article XII of the Constitution at$15,100,000 each fiscal year.

The purposes of this bill are shared by a Settlement Agreement (the "SettlementAgreement") dated January 17, 2008 signed by Governor Linda Lingle for the State ofHawai'i and Chairperson S. Haunani Apoliona for aHA (see Attachment). By its terms, theSettlement Agreement is contingent upon (1) enactment of the proposed legislationattached to the Settlement Agreement as its Exhibit "A" in substantially the form proposedin the Settlement Agreement, without material changes, or (2) agreement in writing by theState and aHA to any material changes to the proposed legislation. The SettlementAgreement between aHA and the Governor has been approved by aHA's Board ofTrustees.

This bill provides the opportunity for the Legislature to bring closure to an issue thathas remained incompletely addressed for three decades and that the Hawai'i SupremeCourt has ruled is primarily under the authority and responsibility of the Legislature. Thebill would help fulfill the State's solemn obligation to Hawaiians. A Ward Research pollconducted in November 2007 found that with regard to the aHA-State negotiations, 68percent of respondents believed that the Legislature should approve a settlement that boththe State and aHA have agreed to.

The Settlement Agreement and the proposed legislation resulted from several yearsof arm's length negotiations between aHA and the current State Administration.

In recent weeks the media has repetitively highlighted a proposed deal, a Cayetanoadministration settlement offer to aHA in 1999. Fact is, Governor Cayetano's proposedoffer was rejected and then countered by aHA. Governor Cayetano provided no timely

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response to OHA's counter offer; so after waiting nearly two weeks, the majority of OHATrustees voted to end negotiations. The ultimate flaw of the Cayetano administration offerwas that OHA was required to release claims that would bar all future claims by NativeHawaiians to ownership of State controlled ceded lands.

With regard to the period between November 7, 1978 and July 1, 2008, both theSettlement Agreement and the bill before you today include payment to OHA of$13,189,860, and (2) conveyance to OHA of land and improvements valued in total at$186,810,140 and located at Kaka'ako Makai, at Kalaeloa Makai (the former CampbellFeed Lot), and at Hilo Banyan Drive.

In connection with the settlement, the bill also amends Chapter 10, Hawaii RevisedStatutes to effectuate these changes and amends Chapter 206E, HRS to allow OHArepresentation on the board of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA)and to partially exempt OHA's settlement lands from certain elements of HCDA's existingauthority, for example HCDA's power to condemn real property.

I would like to mention two matters important to the bill. First, the bill contains aprovision in Section 16 that requires that the conveyances made and funds paid under thebill shall be deemed income and proceeds from the public land trust. This is importanttoensure that the payments and transfers are counted towards the State's constitutionalobligation under Article XII, section 6, to provide OHA with a pro rata share of the publicland trust revenues.

Second, the release-of-c1aims provisions in Section 13 of the bill and in subsections(b) and (c) of the new Section of Chapter 10, HRS proposed in Section 2 of the bill applyonly to OHA's right to income and proceeds from the public land trust pursuant to ArticleXII, sections 4 and 6, and not other claims such as overthrow claims relating to ownershipof the public lands.

Whi Ie a detai led historical narrative of the issue of land trust revenues wou.ld notbe appropriate in this testimony, kindly note the following:

• Following many years of relatively small transfers to OHA, Act 304, SessionLaws of Hawaii of 1990, sought to establish how the State would carry outits state constitutional and statutory mandate to dedicate 20 percent ofpublic land trust revenues to OHA's activities.

• Act 35, Session Laws of Hawaii 1993, appropriated $136.5 million ingeneral obligation bond funds to OHA as a settlement of undisputed claimsto that point in time.

• Act 329, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, established OHA's pro rata share tobe $15.1 million for each of the fiscal years 1997-1998 and 1998-1999.

• In 2001, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that Act 304 was invalid due to aconflict between one of its technical provisions and federal law.

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• Act 34, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, required the transfer of severalmillion dollars to OHA to help continue the revenue stream following thecourt ruling against Act 304.

• Executive Order No. 03-03 set forth Governor Lingle's procedure forcontinuing the revenue stream.

• Act 178, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, included an interim provisionsetting OHA's annual amount of land trust revenues at $15.1 million andproviding a lump sum payment of $17.5 million for certain amounts thatthe Legislature determined were underpaid between July 1, 2001 throughJune 30, 2005.

We are mindful that some have urged OHA to increase its communications withthose most affected by the settlement. We are mindful of Senate Concurrent ResolutionNo. 49 of this Regular Session "Requesting that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and theAttorney General, as Representative of the Executive Branch, Conduct StatewideInformational Hearings on the Ceded Lands Trust Settlement Agreement." In this light, weare conducting various meetings in the community to educate our beneficiaries and otherson the settlement and to respond to questions. We have already conducted or will soonconduct public informational meetings as follows:

• Nine physical meetings (two on Hawai'i island, one on Maui, one onMoloka~i, four on O'ahu, and one on Kaua'j)

• Two electronic town meetings to accommodate Hawaiians living outsidethe state of Hawai'i

These meetings will be in addition to briefings of legislators, briefings ofcommunity groups and organizations that have invited OHA, meetings planned by ouroutside contractors, and other outreach activities (for example television, print, and radio).

We respectfully request three amendments to the bill before you today. First, weask that you re-insert into Section 15 of the bill, the dollar figure that was in the bill asintroduced ($13,189,860) for the general obligation bond authorization. Second, werequest that in Section 21 of the bill, you replace July 1, 2050 with July 1, 2008, theeffective date that was in the bill as introduced. Third, we ask that you insert a newSection in the bill amending Section 10-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, specifically subsection(1 )(A), to change the designated funding source for OHA Trustees' salaries from Section 1013.5, HRS, to the new Section of the HRS created by Section 2 of the present bill. Thecurrent HRS reference to Section 10-13.5 would no longer make sense in light of therepeal of that section by Section 10 of the present bill.

I urge your Committee to respond favorably to this bill, which would give effect tothe Settlement Agreement reached by OHA and the Administration.

Mahalo for the opportunity to testify.

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ATTACHMENTSETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

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This Settlement Agreement ("Agreement lf) dated January

17, 2008, is made by and on behalf of the followingentities: (i) the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (hereinafterreferred to as "OHA"), a body corporate existing under theConstitution and laws of the State of Hawai'i, whoseprincipal place of business and mailing-address is 711Kapi 'olani Boulevard, Suite 500, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96813,and (ii) the State of Hawai'i (hereinafter referred to as"STATE"), a state of the United States of America. OHA andSTATE are referred to collectively herein as the "Parties. 1f

-THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

Proposed Legislation

This Agreement is contingent upon passage oflegislation negotiated by the Parties and s~bmitted or tobe submitted to the Hawai'i State Legislature (hereinafterreferred to as "Proposed Legislation") or upon furtheragreement by both of the Parties as to any changes to theProposed Legislation. A true copy of the ProposedLegislation is attached hereto as Exhibit "A." ThisAgreement shall be null and void ab initio unless either:1) The Proposed Legislation is enacted in substantially theform attached hereto, without material changes or 2) Anymaterial changes to the Proposed Legislation are agreed toin writing by both Parties. The Proposed Legislation,including with any agEeed-to changes, is also referred toas "the Act."

This Agreement and the Proposed Legislation have twoprimary purposes: (1)- to resolve and settle, finally andcompletely, any and all claims and disputes relating to theportion of income and proceeds from the lands of the publicland trust for use by aHA, including under sections 4 and 6of Article XII of the Constitution and any relevant statute·ox act, between November 7, .1978 and July 1, 2008; and (2)to fix, prospectively, the minimum amount of income andproceeds from the lands of the public land trust that areto be paid to OHA to use- under section 6 o~ Article XII ofthe Constitution at- $15,100,000 each fiscal year.

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In the event any provision of this Agreement isinconsistent with any provision of the ProposedLegislation, the Proposed Legislation shall control.

Effective Date

This Agreement shall take effect on the date the Actbecomes law or on such other date as may be agreed to inwriting by the Parties.

Claims Against the STATE

The release, waiver and discharge of claims againstthe STATE are governed by the Act, and are in addition tothe waiver of .claims against the STATE by OHA set outbelow.

Waiver of Claims Against the STATE

. OHA releases, waives, and forever discharges claims asfollows:

1) For claims which arose between November 7, 1978 up toand including June 30, 2008:

OHA releases, waives, and forever discharges any andall claims of any kind concerning, relating to, or arisingout of controversies at law and in equity, known orunKnown, now existing or hereafter arising, established, orinchoate, arising out of or in any way related to any rightOHA or any other person or entity may have to income,proceeds, or any other tangible right, item, or benefit,from the public land· trust lands under sections 4 and 6 ofArticle XII of the Constitution or any statute or act.

Each and every claim or suit that is predicated in anyway upon an act or omission that arises out of or is in anyway related to any right OHA or any other person or entitymay have to the income, proceeds, or any other tangibleright, item, or benefit from the public land trust landsunder sections 4 and 6 of Article XII-of the Constitutionor any statute or act, that occurred between November 7,1978 up to and including June 30, 2008, is forever barred

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and may not be brought by OHA or by any other person orentity.

OHA further agrees that this Ag~eement shall have theeffect of res judicata as to all persons, claims, andissues which arise and defenses which have been at issue,or which could have been, or could in the future be, atissue, which arose between November 7, 1978 'up to and'including and June 30, 2008, whether brought against theSTATE or its departments, agencies, officials, andemployees; directly or indirectly, by subrogation,derivative or third party action, tender, federal action,or by any other means whatsoever arising out of or in anyway related to any right OHA or any other person or entitymay have to the income, proceeds, or any other tangibleright, item, or benefit from the public land trust landsunder sections 4 and 6 of Article XII of the Constitutionor any statute or act.

2) For claims on or after July 1, 2008:

For each and every fiscal year following June 30,2008, during which OHA retained the statutory right toreceive an annual payment of income and proceeds from thepublic land trust lands of at least $15,100,000, OHAreleases, waives, and forever discharges any and all claimsof any kind concerning, relating to, or arising out of eachand every claim for damages or any other relief against theSTATE, or its departments, agencies, officers, oremployees, by the office or any other person or entity,

, with respect to any controversy, claim, cause of action, orright of action arising out of, or relating to any rightOHA or any other person or entity may have to income,proceeds, or any other tangible right, item, or benefitfrom the public land trust lands under sections 4 and 6 ofArticle XII of the Constitution or any statute or act.Such claims are forever barred, and to the extent anywaiver of sovereign immunity for such a suit, claim, causeof action, or right of action still exists, that w~iver iswithdrawn by the Proposed Legislation.

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Settlement Payment

Without admitting the validity of any claim, and inorder to resolve all outstanding issues relating to incom~

and proceeds from the public-Iand-trust funds that OHAal~eges are due OHA between November 7, 1978 and July 1,2008, the STATE shall deed or pay to OHA, as the case maybe, real property and cash. The identification andsettlement value of the real property is set forth inExhibit "B" attached hereto (hereinafter referred to as"Settlement Properties"). That real property is conveyedto OHA by the Act. $13,189,860 in cash shall be paid toOHA by the STATE, no later than June 30, 2009. The mannerof conveyance of the real property and the source of fundsfor the payment of cash is as set forth in the Act.

Environmental Due Diligence

For the purpose of this Environmental Due Diligencesection of the Agreement, the Kalaeloa Makai property shallbe viewed as one separate and discrete property with a'settlement value of $59,607,000, all Hilo Banyan Driveproperties shal'l be viewed as one separate and discreteproperty with a settleme~t value of $34,483,725, and allKaka'ako Makai properties shall be viewed as one separateand discrete property with a settlement value of$92,719,415.

OHA shall have until September 1, 2009 to conductenvironmental due diligence.

If, with regard to any of the three properties, eachof these conditions is satisfied: 1) Environmentalcontamination on the property is discovered; 2) Theenvironmental contamination reduces the fair market valueof the propertyl by more than 25% (i.e., the fair marketvalue of the property taking into account the environmentalcontamination is more than 25% less than what the fairmarket value of the property would have been had theenvironmental contamination not been present) (the totalsuch reduction in the fair market value is the "reduction

1 Fair market value shall be determined taking into account land and anystructures on the property.


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in value amount")2; 3) OHA has the ability to tenderunencumbered title to the property back to the STATE; 4)The property is in materially the same condition it was inwhen conveyed to OHA; and 5) OHA provides the STATE writtenevidence of 1, 2, 3, and 4, no later than October 1, 2009("Environmental Contamination Rights Notice")--then OHAshall have the ffEnvironmental Contamination Rights" withregard to that property, as set forth below.

If the STATE does not accept that OHA has met each ofthe five conditions listed above with regard to one (ormore) of the three properties, it may demand BindingArbitration within 90 days from receipt of OHA's written"Environmental Contamination Rights Notice. ff Failure bythe STATE to inform OHA of a decision within 90 days shallbe deemed a demand for Binding Arbitration. Such BindingArbitration shall be conducted by Keith Hunter pursuant tothe rules of DPR. 3 The arbitration shall decide a singleissue; "Has OHA proven by a preponderance of the evidencethat it has separately satisfied each of conditions 1-5"above?,,4 If the answer is ffNo," OHA has no further rights. s

If the STATE does accept that OHA has separatelysatisfied each of conditions 1-5 above, or if thearbitrator determines that OHA has separately satisfiedeach of conditions 1-5 above by answering the single issuearbitration question ffYes," thus giving rise toffEnVironmental Contamination Rights" with regard to theproperty at issue, then the STATE shall have two options;

Option I--The STATE shall accept a re-conveyance ofthe property from OHA, which re-conveyance must

2 For example, if the fair market value of a property, assuming therewas no environmental contamination present, is $1000, and the fair

. market value of the property taking into account the environmentalcontamination is $600, the "reduction in value amount" is $400.3 If Keith Hunter is unable or unwilling to serve, the Parties shalleither agree in writing on an arbitrator and the rules of arbitration,or submit the matter to a court of competent jurisdiction for theselection of a single arbitrator.4 During the Binding Arbitration the Parties may mutually agree, but arenot obligated to agree, to allow the arbitrator to also decide the"Option 2 Amount" described below, in the same arbitration.S If there is such an arbitration, or an arbitration concerning "theOption 2 Amount,H the fair market value shall be as of either July 1,2009, or the date of the arbitration, whichever is earlier.

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satisfy conditions 3 and 4 above, and shall pay OHAwithin two years, subject to legislative appropriation(that the Parties agree to support and submit to the2010 Legislature), 75% of the settlement value of eachproperty as set forth herein: Kaka'ako Makai$69,539,561 (75% of $92,719,415); Hilo Banyan Drive$25,862,794 (75% of $34,483,725); Kalaeloa Makai$44,705,250 (75% of $59,607,000). In the event theLegislature declines to appropriate the money, OHAshall have no further remedy, except to retain orreturn the property.

Option 2--The STATE shall, within two years, pay aHA,subject to legislative appropriation (that the Partiesagree to support and submit to the 2010 Legislature),"the amount by which the "reduction in value amount"exceeds 25% of the settlement value of each property

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as set forth herein: Kaka'ako Makai $23,179,854 (25%of $92,719,415); Hilo Banyan Drive $8,620,931 (25% of$34,483,725); Kalaeloa Makai $14,901,750 (25% of$59,607,000) ("the Option 2 Amount,,).6 If the STATEselects Option 2, it shall inform OHA of the amount itbelieves is the appropriate "Option 2 Amount." In theevent the Legislature declines to appropriate themoney, OHA shall have no further remedy, except toretain the property.

OHA may accept the "Option 2 Amount" offered by theSTATE, negotiate with the STATE for a different "Option 2Amount," or seek "Binding Arbitration" as to the "Option 2Amount." If the STATE exercises Option 2, OHA shall have30 days, or such other time as agreed to in writing by the

6 For example, if the STATE were to elect Option 2 with regard to theHilo Banyan Drive property, OHA would be entitled to the amount, ifany, by which the "Reduction in Value Amount" exceeded $8,620,931. TheParties understand that it is possible that even if environmentalcontamination is discovered, it may only affect the value of a part ofeach property. For example, if environmental contamination werediscovered on the Hila Hawaiian Hotel property (part of the Hila BanyanDrive property), that might not affect the value of the Reed's BayResort Hotel property (another part of the Hilo Banyan Drive property).Thus, even if the fair market value of the affected lot itself werereduced by more than 25%, Condition 2 above might not be met, becausethe fair market value of the property as a whole must be reduced by 25%or more because of environmental contamination, before Condition 2above is met.

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Parties, in which to accept the "Option 2 Amount" offeredby the STATE. If aHA does not timely accept the "Option 2Amount" offered' by the STATE, it will be deemed to havedemanded Binding Arbitration as to the "Option 2 Amount."Such Binding Arbitration shall be conducted by Keith Hunterpursuant to the rules of DPR. 7

The STATE shall make reasonably available to aHA andto aHA's authorized representatives during regular businesshours, the STATE's files that contain, with regard to thethree properties: (i) 'copies of soil reports, site plans,engineering reports, archaeological and historical studies,plans and surveys; (ii) zoning entitlement and other landuse documents and records, including, without limitation,all current governmental permits, approvals andauthorizations; (iii) copies of notices from governmentalagencies regarding any violations of laws or ordinances;(iv) copies of all leases and correspondence with anylessees under any of the leases; (v) copies of licenses andconcession agreements and all correspondence with any ofthe parties to such licenses and concession agreements;(vi) copies of any other agreements affecting or relatingto any of the properties, and correspondence with any ofthe parties to such other agreements; (vii) copies of anyexisting surveys, and aerial photos; and (viii) copies ofall plans and other documents relating to any improvementson any of the properties (the material described in clause(i) through clause (viii) above are, collectively, the "DueDiligence Documents").

Mediation

If the Parties have any dispute concerning enforcementof this Agreement, the Parties hereby agree to submit thedispute to Keith Hunter for mediation.

No Arbitration

The Parties have not agreed to arbitrate any dis~ute

other than as specifically set forth herein.

7 If Keith Hunter is unable or unwilling to serve, the Parties shalleither agree on an arbitrator and the rules of arbitration, or submitthe matter to a court of competent jurisdiction for the selection of asingle arbitrator.

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Title Insurance

OHA may, if it chooses, procure title insurance to anyof the properties at its own expense.

Proration

If the STATE receives rent from the propertiesconv.eyed to OHA attributable to periods after July 1, 2008,it shall pay to OHA the amounts attributable to any periodsafter that date. If the State incurs expenses for theproperties like taxes, maintenance fees, assessments,association dues, utility charges, for periods after July1, 2008, OHA shall pay the STATE the amounts attributableto any periods after that date.

In the event that the amount of any rent or expense isnot known July 1, 2008, the Parties agree that such itemsshall be prorated at that date upon the basis of the bestinformation available, and shall be adjusted when theactual amount(s} of such items are known, with appropriatecharges and credits to be made.

Other Terms

This Agreement and its terms shall survive thetransfer of the parcels to OHA.

This Agreement neither represents nor is to beconstrued as an acknowledgement or admission of anynegligence, misconduct, liability, or fault of any kindwhatsoever by any party.

The STATE does not admit to or concede the validity ofany claim, but has entered into this Agreement in order toresolve and satisfy all controversies and claims describedin the Proposed Legislation.

The Parties agree that no statement of fact or opinionhas been made by either to the other, or by anyone actingon behalf of either to the other, to induce the executionof this Agreement, other than as expressly set forth inthis Agreement and that ·this Agreement is executed freely


on the part of each party hereto. The Parties alsorepresent and agree: (1) that they may hereafter discoverfacts in addition to or different from those they now knowor believe to·be true with respect to the subject matter ofthese releases; and (2) that this Agreement and thereleases given in· this Agreement shall fully remain ineffect, notwithstanding the subsequent discovery orexistence of any such additional or different facts.

The terms of this Agreement have been negot~ated atarm's length among the Parties represented by experiencedcoun~el. As a result, the rule of "interpretation againstthe draftsman" shall not apply in any dispute overinterpretation of the terms of this Agreement.

Lin~<Zt3=State of.Hawai'i

Approved:

Attorney General

S. Haunani Apoliona, C irpersonOffice of Hawaiian Affairs

Approved:

.~~RobertG. Klein, Counsel to the Board of Trustees
