THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2017

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair

Senator Glenn Wakai, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator Gil Riviere, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, March 17, 2017

TIME:

1:30 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

 

 

HB 2, HD2

      (HSCR997)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Authorizes tiny homes of less than 500 square feet for farm workers in agricultural districts in a county with a population of more than 180,000 but less than 250,000.  (HB2 HD2)

 

PSM/AEN

HB 478, HD1

      (HSCR727)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds for a full-time agricultural management position and equipment for the Kulani correctional facility agriculture operation and a full-time agricultural management position for the Waiawa correctional facility agriculture operation.  (HB478 HD1)

 

PSM/AEN, WAM

HB 606, HD2

      (HSCR995)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COUNTY ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.

Authorizes the counties to enter private property to control or eradicate invasive species and pests.  (HB606 HD2)

 

PSM/AEN, JDL

HB 1418

      (HSCR885)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LAND.

Amends the county exemptions from building permit and building code requirements to ensure that Hawaii's communities are not suspended from participation in the NFIP.

 

PSM/AEN, CPH

HB 1359, HD2

      (HSCR986)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

Allows each county to enact and enforce ordinances necessary to prevent, investigate, control, or eradicate invasive species identified by the Hawaii invasive species council on any public or private premises within the limits of the county.  (HB1359 HD2)

 

AEN/PSM, WAM

HB 783, HD1

      (HSCR724)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

Establishes a two-year agricultural theft and vandalism pilot project to examine the effectiveness of prosecuting agricultural theft and agricultural vandalism in the county of Hawaii.  Appropriates funds.  (HB783 HD1)

 

AEN/PSM, JDL/WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair

 

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Senator Clarence K. Nishihara

Chair