THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2021

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Wednesday, February 3, 2021
TIME:	1:00P.M.
PLACE:	Conference Room 229

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A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

SB 174 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST KAUNALEWA. Replaces E Ola Mau Na Leo O Kekaha with Kaunalewa as the entity authorized to receive special purpose revenue bonds issued to assist with the acquisition, remediation, and development of the old Kekaha Sugar Mill in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii.	WTL, WAM [Measure deleted on 02-01-21]
SB 181 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Establishes the aquatic resources management advisory commission in the department of land and natural resources.	WTL, WAM [Measure deleted on 02-01-21]
SB 473 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Requires a vulnerable coastal property purchaser statement to be executed by the purchaser or transferee with the sale or transfer of vulnerable coastal real estate.  Requires filing of statement with Bureau of Conveyances.	WTL, CPN/JDC
SB 474 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS. Requires that mandatory seller disclosures in real estate transactions include identification of residential real properties lying within the sea level rise exposure area.  Effective 1/1/2022.	WTL, CPN/JDC
SB 570 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Amends the definition of "historic property" under the Historic Preservation Law.	WTL, JDC [Measure deleted on 02-01-21]
SB 572 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Specifies that any equipment, article, instrument, aircraft, vehicle, vessel, or business record used in violation of the aquatic resources law is subject to forfeiture.  Authorizes the imposition of a criminal fine.  Clarifies that the fine structure may be assessed on a per-specimen basis.  Makes violations of the aquatic resources law a misdemeanor, rather than a petty misdemeanor.  Permits the department of land and natural resources to recommend community service that benefits the resource damaged when a person is ordered to perform community service in lieu of a fine.	WTL, JDC [Measure deleted on 02-01-21]
SB 578 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO COMMERCIAL SHARK TOURS. Prohibits commercial shark tour operations from operating without a permit.  Requires the department of land and natural resources to adopt rules to regulate commercial shark tours, including adherence to a code of conduct.  Effective 1/1/2022.	WTL, CPN/JDC
SB 647 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO RURAL DISTRICTS. Allows up to one dwelling per quarter-acre in rural districts.	WTL, JDC [Measure deleted on 02-01-21]
SB 690 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO FISHING. Conditions the designation of community-based subsistence fishing areas upon approval of the affected community.	WTL, JDC

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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair