Three House committees this morning made technical amendments to a bill setting terms of a ceded lands agreement between the state and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

The bill — originally introduced by the administration — seeks to give OHA a share of the income and proceeds of the public land trust, as required by the state constitution.

The second draft of the bill rejects the $200 million settlement reached by the administration and OHA for legal and technical reasons, representatives say.

According to a news release, the amendments preserve the basic terms and conditions of the initial agreement remain the same, however:

"(1) For addressing past amounts in dispute between November 7, 1978, to July 1, 2008, OHA will receive $13,189,860 in cash and three state-owned areas of land. The land areas are in Kakaako Makai, Kalaeloa Makai (former Campbell feedlot), and Hilo Banyan Drive. The total assessed value of the land is $186,810,140.

(2) For addressing future amounts, OHA will receive $15,100,000 in fiscal year 2008-09 and at least an equivalent amount in each fiscal year thereafter. The Legislature is required to review and set the amount to be transmitted to OHA biennially, with $15,100,000 serving as the floor baseline for each future fiscal year. If, for some reason, the Legislature fails to set the amount for a fiscal year, the Governor is required to do so. If both the Legislature and Governor fail to set the amount for a fiscal year, then the amount to be transmitted to OHA is the same as that transmitted in the previous fiscal year."

The bill still needs to be approved by the entire House, then will be sent to the Senate for consideration in that chamber.