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of a domestic water system on Molokai;
commercial l e a s i n g ; development,
d e s i g n , and c o n s t r u c t i o n of r e s i d
e n t i a l s u b d i v i s i o n s ; and financing
loans for homes, ranches, and farms.
DHHL a l s o r e c e n t l y began to provide
economic development s e r v i c e s to
n a t i v e Hawaiians. DHHL employs a
s t a f f of approximately 90 people and
c o n t r a c t s for c e r t a i n s e r v i c e s such as
t h e planning, design, and c o n s t r u c t i on
of r e s i d e n t i a l s u b d i v i s i o n s improvements,
and a g r i c u l t u r a l t e c h n i c al
e x p e r t i s e .
Funding for DHHL programs is
provided by S t a t e of Hawaii general
o b l i g a t i o n bonds and DHHL's revenue
r e c e i p t s . The S t a t e of Hawaii
provided approximately $6.2 m i l l i on
d u r i n g f i s c a l year 1981 and DHHL's
r e c e i p t s t o t a l e d about $6.4 m i l l i o n.
The five primary sources of DHHL
r e c e i p t s are i n t e r e s t income, lease
r e n t , p r i n c i p a l repayments, r e c e i p ts
from sugar cane land l e a s e s and water
l i c e n s e s now s p e c i f i c a l l y earmarked
for the Native Hawaiian R e h a b i l i t a t i on
Fund, and miscellaneous r e c e i p ts
(primary rock and sand s a l e s and
p a s t u r e and water f e e s ) . Receipts for
f i s c a l year 1981 were as follows:
Source
I n t e r e s t - l o a n funds
I n t e r e s t - i n v e s t m e n t s in
time c e r t i f i c a t e s of
d e p o s i t
Lease r e n t a ls
Native Hawaiian R e h a b i l i t
a t i o n Fund
Miscellaneous
Loan p r i n c i p a l repayments
Total r e c e i p ts
Amoun t
$1,884,181
740,260
1,418,803
1,015,916
231,673
1,139,090
$6,429,923
Seven revolving funds and e i g ht
s p e c i a l funds have been e s t a b l i s h e d to
account for revenues and e x p e n d i t u r es
under the Act. The funds and sources
of revenues for each are shown in
Table 66. In a d d i t i o n , DHHL is
r e s p o n s i b l e for approximately 50 bond
fund a c c o u n t s.
DHHL's a d m i n i s t r a t i v e and
o p e r a t i o n a l a c t i v i t i e s are funded by
commercial l e a s i n g revenues s u b j e c t to
budget approval by the S t a te
l e g i s l a t u r e . As p r e v i o u s l y shown,
DHHL has 92,239 acres of land under
g e n e r a l l e a s e s , for which income of
about $1.4 m i l l i o n was received in
1981. Thus, about 50 p e r c e n t of the
a v a i l a b l e land is c u r r e n t l y used to
o b t a i n funds for DHHL a d m i n i s t r a t i ve
needs. The DHHL has a s t a t e d goal to
s u b s t a n t i a l l y reduce the acreage of
lands under general lease and make
t h e s e lands a v a i l a b l e for d i r e c t use
by n a t i v e Hawaiians. In order to
m a i n t a i n s u f f i c i e n t income to
a d m i n i s t e r the program and yet reduce
a c r e a g e under general l e a s e , the DHHL
p l a n s to focus on high revenue
commercial and i n d u s t r i a l use l e a s e s.
C. HIGHLIGHTS
1. Although land is the e s s e n t i al
element of the Home lands program,
e f f e c t i v e a c c o u n t a b i l i t y for the land
has not been e s t a b l i s h e d.
a. The DHHL does not have a
complete or a c c u r a te
i n v e n t o r y of the 203,500
a c r e s of " a v a i l a b l e lands"
as designated under the Act,
nor of the 190,000 acres
t h a t DHHL now claims
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r . A major
o b s t a c l e in e s t a b l i s h i ng
a c c o u n t a b i l i t y for the lands
i s the absence of a
d e f i n i t i v e d e s c r i p t i o n of
" a v a i l a b l e lands" and a
complete survey of the
l a n d s . DHHL does not have
t h e necessary resources to
r e s e a r c h and develop a
comprehensive land inventory
system.
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