COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS AND COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMMERCE
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
JHA/CPC only:
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HB 2429 |
RELATING TO TOBACCO. Refines the enforcement responsibilities of the Attorney General with respect to enforcement of the tobacco master settlement agreement and the cigarette tax stamping requirements. |
JHA/CPC, FIN |
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HB 2479 |
RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF. Clarifies the protections afforded private agencies and entities engaged in civil defense functions.
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JHA/CPC, FIN |
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JHA only: |
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HB 1717 (HSCR 67-02) |
RELATING TO ETHICS. Provides for mandatory ethics training for legislators and appointed state employees. |
LMG, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2606 (HSCR 27-02) |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides for the recall and removal of legislators. |
LMG, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2231 (HSCR 33-02) |
RELATING TO THE AUDITOR. Clarifies the confidential nature of Auditor's records in the education area. |
LMG, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2563 (HSCR 57-02) |
RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF CRIME VICTIMS. Allows for the award of medical expenses in excess of $10,000. |
PSM, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2565 HD1 (HSCR 58-02) |
RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES. Requires the reporting of inventories of explosives under the control of manufacturers, dealers, and users, and provides for penalties for those who do not comply. Creates exemptions. |
PSM, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2401 |
RELATING TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Allows trustees of OHA to participate in and receive the same retirement benefits as other state elected officials. |
LAB, JHA, FIN (Pending referral to JHA) |
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HB 2123 |
RELATING TO HAWAII VICTIMS' ECONOMIC SECURITY AND SAFETY ACT. Prohibits discrimination by employers against domestic violence victims. Entitles victims to employment leave. Establishes eligibility for unemployment insurance. Provides for workplace safety program tax credit. |
JHA, FIN (Pending rereferral from LAB, JHA, FIN) |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
2:30 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2387 |
RELATING TO THE PENAL CODE. Changes desecration from a misdemeanor to a class C felony. |
JHA |
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HB 2110 |
RELATING TO KAHO'OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE. Requires the State to warn persons entering Kaho'olawe of the dangers of unexploded ordnance, and to warn of the dangerous natural conditions of the adjacent ocean; establishes a task force on warning signs and devices for Kaho'olawe. |
JHA, FIN |
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HB 2038 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED. Exempts those who already have homestead leases from having to show proof of blood requirement under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. |
JHA |
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HB 2400 |
RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Provides for interim revenues for fiscal year 2002-2003 of $17,000,000. |
JHA, FIN |
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HB 2492 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED. Broadens the use of the Native Hawaiian Rehabilitation Fund (NHRF) to allow the provision of NHRF-supported programs and services to be extended to native Hawaiian families, Hawaiian homestead communities, and other organizations controlled by native Hawaiians. |
JHA, FIN |
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HB 2493 |
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED. Allows a homestead lessee, who is at least one-quarter Hawaiian, to transfer the leasehold interest in the tract to a brother or sister, who is at least one-quarter Hawaiian. |
JHA, FIN |
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HB 1810 HD1 |
RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. Proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the governor's line item veto. |
JHA, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (deferred on February 7, 2002):
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HB 2300 |
RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY. Provides Judiciary Supplemental Budget for fiscal year 2002-2003. |
JHA, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
6:00 p.m. AGENDA:
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HB 2042 HD1 |
RELATING TO ACCESS TO VITAL STATISTICS. Appropriates funds to all people of Hawaiian ancestry to have access to vital statistic records to prove ancestry. |
HLT, JHA, FIN (Pending referral to JHA) |
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HB 2507 HD1 |
RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF DIVORCES AND ANNULMENTS. Provides for a more streamline and convenient process for registering divorces and annulments occurring in the State. |
HLT, JHA, FIN (Pending referral to JHA) |
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HB 2521 HD1 |
RELATING TO CONTROL OF DISEASE. Allows the Department to enter into agreements with health care facilities and providers to assist with epidemic control activities. Requires individuals and entities to provide information needed to locate people suspected of having been exposed to a dangerous disease. Establishes protections for the rights of individuals quarantined to prevent transmission of a dangerous infectious disease and grants the Department authority to sequester contaminated articles. |
HLT, JHA, FIN (Pending referral to JHA) |
Decision making to follow.
6:30 p.m. AGENDA:
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HB 2006 |
RELATING TO SPECIAL WASTES RECYCLING. Clarifies the disposal options for used tires and notice requirements to consumers of new tires. Further provides that tire inventory payment by the rental car industry shall be paid annually. |
EEP, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2513 HD1 |
RELATING TO THE REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS. Allows the Director to establish a program for the reduction of emissions of carbon dioxide, set fees and penalties for the program. Establishes a Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction Special Fund. |
EEP, JHA, FIN (Pending referral to JHA) |
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HB 2723 HD1 |
RELATING TO COUNTIES. Establishes county requirements for separate collection and recycling of food waste by specified restaurants, food courts, hotels, markets, food manufacturers or processors, catering establishments, hospitals, schools, and businesses; requires inspections and dissemination of information about the requirements. |
EEP, JHA, FIN (Pending referral to JHA) |
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HB 2831 HD1 |
RELATING TO CORAL REEF PROTECTION. Creates the coral reef protection act. |
EEP, JHA, FIN (Pending referral to JHA) |
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HB 2659 HD1 |
RELATING TO CAVE PROTECTION. Protects caves as unique cultural and natural resources of the State of Hawaii. |
EEP, JHA, FIN (Pending referral to JHA) |
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HB 1983 HD1 (HSCR 60-02) |
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE. Revises the standards for administrative rule making; establishes a rule drafting policy task force; establishes a pilot program within department of commerce and consumer affairs to review its administrative rules. |
EDB, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2033 HD1 |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Proposes amendments to the state constitution to abolish the state board of education; require the governor to appoint a state superintendent of education; establishes 15 school complexes to be headed by chief executive officers appointed by the superintendent with the approval of the governor. |
EDN, JHA, FIN (Pending referral to JHA) |
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HB 2166 (HSCR 41-02) |
RELATING TO EDUCATION. Assists not-for-profit private and sectarian elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities that serve the general public through the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for their benefit by the State. |
EDN/HED, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2848 (HSCR 49-02) |
PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 12, AND ARTICLE X, SECTION 1, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE TO ISSUE SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS AND USE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE BONDS TO ASSIST NOT-FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES. Proposes constitutional amendments to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds and use the proceeds from the bonds to assist not-for-profit private elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities. |
EDN/HED, JHA, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Wednesday, February 13, 2002
8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only:
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HB 2009 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Short form bill relating to agriculture. |
AGR |
AGR only:
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HB 1941 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Repeals sunset date allowing P.U.C. exemption for transporters of seed corn to processing facilities. |
AGR |
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HB 1976 |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES. Authorizes $2,300,00 for purchase of a sugar and molasses terminal facility at Nawiliwili, Kauai. |
AGR, FIN |
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HB 2248 |
RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR PROCESSING ENTERPRISES. Authorizes the department of budget and finance to issue up to $10,000,000 in Special Purpose Revenue Bonds for the purpose of assisting Poaka, Incorporated in the planning and building of a food processing plant. |
AGR, FIN |
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HB 2725 |
RELATING TO SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR HAWAII MACADAMIA TREE, INCORPORATED. Authorizes the issuance of $10,000,000, in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Macadamia Tree, Incorporated. |
AGR, FIN |
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HB 2629 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds to the department of agriculture to conduct a program to reduce by 50 per cent the total amount of imported food purchased by Hawaii residents that could be purchased from locally produced sources. |
AGR, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
AGR/HED only:
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HB 2172 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Appropriates funds for agricultural research and development and for the development of the agribusiness incubator initiative. |
AGR/HED, FIN |
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HB 2194 |
RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO. Establishes the diversified agricultural loan program revolving loan fund. |
AGR/HED, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only:
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HB 1940 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONTROL OF FIREWEED. Appropriates $50,000 to implement short-term methods for the control of fireweed. |
AGR, FIN |
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HB 2233 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL THEFT. Makes the commission of an agricultural theft a class B felony. |
AGR, JHA |
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HB 2268 |
RELATING TO CONTROL OR ERADICATION OF PESTS. Includes invertebrate and vertebrate animals designated by the department as pests for control or eradication purposes. |
AGR, FIN |
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HB 2269 |
RELATING TO THE SALE, TRANSPORT, OR SHIPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. Requires that any person or entity who purchases large quantities of agricultural commodities for purposes of resale to verify the identity of the seller and record each such transaction on forms authorized by the department of agriculture in each county. Requires the department of agriculture to establish a relative retail value formula for agricultural commodities |
AGR, FIN |
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HB 2270 |
RELATING TO PEST CONTROL. Broadens the scope of the types of noxious weeds and pests that the department of agriculture shall assist in controlling and eradicating. |
AGR, FIN |
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HB 2271 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ABATE AGRICULTURAL THEFT. Appropriates funds to establish an interagency task force to abate agricultural theft. |
AGR, FIN |
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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES AND HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Wednesday, February 13, 2002
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
HSH only:
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HB 2764 |
RELATING TO CONVEYANCE TAX. Changes the percentage of the conveyance tax designated to the natural area reserve fund from 25% to 12 1/2% and designates 12 1/2% of the tax to homeless assistance programs under part IV of chapter 201G. Also establishes a homeless assistance trust fund. |
HSH, FIN |
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HB 2103 |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Requires Med Quest and Medicaid coverage for chiropractic care. |
HSH, FIN |
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HB 2138 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Requires an unmarried minor parent without a high school diploma who is under age 18 to maintain a 70% attendance record at school to receive TANF assistance. |
HSH, FIN |
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HB 2226 |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES. Establishes a state-funded food assistance program for income-qualified immigrant children and immigrants 65 years-of-age and older ineligible under federal law for food stamps. Appropriates funds. |
HSH, FIN |
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HB 2696 |
RELATING TO DETERRING AND PENALIZING FINANCIAL ABUSE OF ELDERS AND DEPENDANT ADULTS. A bill to deter and punish the abuse of elders and dependent adults. |
HSH, JHA |
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HB 2749 |
RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE PAYMENTS. Requires the Department of Human Services to reimburse all health care providers the same Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) and enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage that the State receives as determined under the Social Security Act. |
HSH, FIN |
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HB 1807 |
RELATING TO YOUTH. Abolishes office of youth services. Transfers youth correctional facility to the judiciary. |
HSH, JHA, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
HSH/HLT only:
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HB 2645 |
RELATING TO YOUTH. Transfers various current youth services to the office of youth services; establishes a blue ribbon panel of representatives of the departments of health, human services, and education, office of youth services, and the judiciary to study and recommend the consolidation of all youth services into the OYS; recommend legislation to the 2003 Session. |
HSH/HLT, JHA, FIN |
HB 1870 RELATING TO PRESUMPTIVE MEDICAID HSH/HLT,
ELIGIBILITY FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. FIN
Requires the department of human services to
provide presumptive Medicaid or QUEST coverage
to certain pregnant women.
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND USE
Wednesday, February 13, 2002
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2002 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Authorized the Department of Land and Natural Resources to issue new leases to existing lessees for specific parcels on Kauai. |
WLU, FIN |
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HB 2091 HD1 |
RELATING TO LAND USE. Authorizes the State, after fulfilling certain conditions, to sell public lands in North Kona for the development of the Kona Entertainment Center. |
WLU |
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HB 2407 |
RELATING TO DEFINING "SWIMMING POOL" TO EXEMPT POOLS WITH NATURAL OCEAN CIRCULATION SYSTEMS. A bill to define" swimming pool". |
WLU, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
Decision making only (deferred on February 8, 2002):
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HB 1816 |
RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT. Amends the coastal zone management law to require applicants for shoreline certification to mail copies of applications for certification, including proposed maps and photographs, to the county planning department and neighboring property owners. |
WLU, FIN |
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HB 2539 |
RELATING TO BOATING ENFORCEMENT. Authorizes the BLNR to delegate enforcement authority to harbor agents and recreation harbor managers of the Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation for the enforcement of boating and ocean recreation programs under chapter 200. |
WLU, JHA |
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HB 2543 |
RELATING TO SPECIAL FACILITY PROJECTS. Allows the BLNR to make available lower cost financing through the issuance of special facility revenue bonds for the construction, acquisition, and equipping of special facilities. |
WLU, FIN |
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HB 2537 |
RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Expands the Department's authority to possess or use chemicals, electrofishing devices, explosives, and other fishing gears that would normally be unlawful when no other reasonable alternative exists. |
WLU |
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HB2545 |
RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL PARKS ON PUBLIC LANDS. Allows for the direct negotiation of leases or master leases on industrial parks developed under a joint venture or development agreement. |
WLU, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Wednesday, February 13, 2002
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 2167 |
RELATING TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. Repeals the traffic enforcement demonstration project. |
TRN,JHA, FIN |
Decision making only:
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HB 1729 |
RELATING TO THE TRAFFIC CODE. Sets maximum speed limits for state freeways and through highways. |
TRN, JHA, FIN |
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HB 1994 |
RELATING TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. Provides that no conviction for a violation of speeding initiated by the use of a photo speed imaging detector system shall appear on a person's record, unless it is for driving 25 mph more than the posted speed limit. |
TRN, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2031 |
RELATING TO PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION. Adds definition of "electric personal assistive mobility device" to laws regulating county vehicular tax, highway safety, used motor vehicle parts and accessories, statewide traffic code, used motor vehicle tire recovery, and motor vehicle lemon law.
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TRN, JHA, FIN |
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HB 2584 |
RELATING TO CONCESSIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. Authorizes the Director to extend revocable permits for concessions beyond the current one-year limit if extensions are necessary in light of a statewide emergency, such as a natural disaster, or in the event of economic conditions which would adversely affect the State's ability to solicit and obtain favorable bid proposals. |
TRN, FIN |
COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND USE AND COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Wednesday, February, 13, 2002
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only:
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HB 2552 |
RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF LANDOWNER FOR SAFE HARBOR AGREEMENTS AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PLANS. Clarifies the definition of landowner eligible for coverage under safe harbor agreements and habitat conservation plans. |
WLU/EEP, FIN |
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HB 2544 |
RELATING TO LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS TO RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCERS. Allows the BLNR to lease public lands to renewable energy producers through direct negotiation. |
WLU/EEP, FIN |