§6K-6  Responsibilities and duties of thecommission.  The general administration of the islandreserve shall rest with the commission.  In carrying out its duties andresponsibilities, the commission:

(1)  Shall establish criteria, policies, and controlsfor permissible uses within the island reserve;

(2)  Shall approve all contracts for services andrules pertaining to the island reserve;

(3)  Shall provide advice to the governor, thedepartment, and other departments and agencies on any matter relating to theisland reserve;

(4)  Shall provide advice to the office of planningand the department of the attorney general on any matter relating to thefederal conveyance of Kaho‘olawe;

(5)  May enter into curator or stewardship agreementswith appropriate Hawaiian cultural and spiritual community organizations forthe perpetuation of native Hawaiian cultural, religious, and subsistencecustoms, beliefs, and practices for the purposes stated in section 6K-3;

(6)  Shall carry out those powers and duties otherwiseconferred upon the board of land and natural resources and the land usecommission with regard to dispositions and approvals pertaining to the islandreserve.  All powers and duties of the board of land and natural resources andthe land use commission concerning dispositions and approvals pertaining to theisland reserve are transferred to the commission;

(7)  Shall carry out those powers and dutiesconcerning the island reserve otherwise conferred upon the county of Maui bychapter 205A.  The powers and duties of the county of Maui and its agenciesconcerning coastal zone dispositions and approvals pertaining to the islandreserve are transferred to the commission;

(8)  Shall carry out those powers and dutiesconcerning the island reserve otherwise conferred upon the island burialcouncils and the department with regard to proper treatment of burial sites andhuman skeletal remains found in the island reserve;

(9)  Shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91that are necessary for the purposes of this chapter and shall maintain a recordof its proceedings and actions;

(10)  May delegate to the executive director oremployees of the commission, by formal commission action, such power andauthority vested in the commission by this chapter as the commission deemsreasonable and proper for the effective administration of this chapter; and

(11)  May solicit and accept grants, donations, andcontributions for deposit into the Kaho‘olawe rehabilitation trust fund tosupport the purposes of this chapter. [L 1993, c 340, pt of §2;am L 1994, c 161, §5; am L 1996, c 299, §3; am L 1997, c 205, §1; am L 2001, c126, §1]