HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane, Chair

Rep. Chris Todd, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Tina Wildberger

Rep. Nicole E. Lowen

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. David A. Tarnas

 

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Friday, February 8, 2019

TIME:

8:30AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) has been DELETED from the agenda:  HB 897

 

 

HB 894

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES LAND SURVEY BUDGET.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Accounting and General Services land survey program under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 895

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM STATE BUDGET.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 1404

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM BUDGET.

Adjusts the operating budget for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 896

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES STATE BUDGET.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Land and Natural Resources programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 1405

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES BUDGET.

Adjusts the operating budget for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of certain Department of Land and Natural Resources programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 893

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS BUDGET.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 172

Status

RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Appropriates funds for Fiscal Biennium 2019-2021 for operations of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs divisions.  Includes operating budgets for Office of Trustees – OHA150; Administration – OHA160; and Beneficiary Advocacy – OHA175.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 1094

Status

RELATING TO THE AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources for the operations of the Aha Moku Advisory Committee. Appropriates funds to hire an expert on natural and physical environment to serve in a full-time equivalent position on the committee.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 1406

Status

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR IOLANI PALACE.

Appropriates funds for Iolani Palace's maintenance and operating costs.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 897

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Appropriates funds to DLNR division of forestry and wildlife.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 1219

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Authorizes the designation of areas or regions of public lands classified as commercial, industrial, resort and hotel, and the establishment and implementation of guidelines for the redevelopment of the areas or regions that will:  (1) modernize the policies for the management of public lands in the designated area; (2) establish a plan for the designated area, including district-wide improvements, that is coordinated with state and county land use and planning policies; and (3) implement asset and property management concepts that can optimize income from the properties and evolve in response to changing principles of property administration.  Designates the public lands on the Waiakea peninsula on the island of Hawaii as the Waiakea Peninsula Redevelopment District.  Repeals the Waiakea Peninsula Redevelopment District on 6/30/2029.  Appropriates funds.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 1068

Status

RELATING TO HEEIA STATE PARK.

Makes an appropriation for a Heeia State Park community-based long-range plan and education center for the Heeia National Estuarine Research Reserve System.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 444

Status

RELATING TO ONSITE-NON-POTABLE WATER REUSE SYSTEMS.

Requires the Department of Health to adopt rules by January 1, 2020, for onsite non-potable water reuse systems.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 1413

Status

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST E OLA MAU NA LEO O KEKAHA.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds (SPRB) to assist E Ola Mau Na Leo O Kekaha with the acquisition, remediation, and development of the old Kekaha Sugar Mill in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 425

Status

RELATING TO WATER QUALITY MONITORING.

Appropriates funds for an additional full-time Environmental Health Specialist IV position within the Department of Health to monitor water quality on the island of Hawaii.

 

WLH, FIN

HB 1326

Status

RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS.

Allows holdovers of revocable water permits to continue until the pending application for a lease is resolved.  Requires prompt execution of contested case proceedings for 1-year holdovers.  Allows holdovers to continue pending completion of contested case proceedings.  Removes repeal and reenactment provisions relating to section 171-58(c), Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

WLH, FIN

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Testimony should indicate:

·    Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·    The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;

·    The date and time of the hearing; and

·    Measure number. 

 

While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.

 

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER: 10 copies (including an original) to Room 322 in the State Capitol;

FAX:     For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 808-586-8484 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islander without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web); or

WEB:    For testimony less than 20MB in size, transmit from http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website.  This public posting of testimony on the website should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

If during the course of the hearing it appears there will not be sufficient time to allow everyone to be heard, the chairperson reserves the right to limit the remaining testifiers to three-minutes.  This three-minute policy will be enforced to ensure fairness and adequate consideration to all bills.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-6150 or email your request for an interpreter to [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements.  Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Chair