HB718 CD1

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	718
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO KAKAAKO.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy, an Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, is dedicated to teaching the children of Hawaii the skills and joy of fishing, instilling aquatic conservation principles for the preservation of ocean resources, and perpetuating Hawaiian cultural traditions for the preservation of the resources of the ocean. The children are taught by kupuna and disabled persons with skills and experience in fishing and instilling aquatic conservation principles.

The Kewalo basin cove is a protected area that is ideal for a facility enabling multigenerational activities bringing together the young and the elderly to interact and participate in this educational activity. In the past, the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy used the facility known as the old ice chute and fuel dock operations building at Kewalo basin cove for its site-dependent activities; however, the Hawaii community development authority has recently demolished that facility.

The legislature finds that there has been a full assessment of varying levels of subsurface environmental contamination around the site due to prior uses of the site by the fishing industry.

The purpose of this Act is to:

(1) Require the Hawaii community development authority to set aside the old ice chute and fuel dock operations building site for use by the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy; and

(2) Appropriate funds to the Hawaii community development authority to proceed with necessary environmental remediation at the site.

SECTION 2. The Hawaii community development authority shall set aside portions of tax map key (first division) 2‑1‑058:41 and 2-1-058:116, comprised of approximately fifteen thousand square feet, at Kewalo basin cove and known as the former ice chute and fuel dock operations building site and perimeter area, including its Kewalo basin cove and channel bulkheads, for continued use by the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy.

SECTION 3. The Hawaii community development authority shall determine whether any environmental remediation is required and, if required, shall establish the parameters for any necessary corrective action for the environmental remediation and proceed accordingly.

SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $30,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008 to the Hawaii community development authority for any necessary remediation at tax map keys (first division) 2-1-058:41 and 2-1-058:116 for continued use by the Kewalo Keiki Fishing Conservancy.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii community development authority for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.