HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Rep. David A. Tarnas, Chair |
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Rep. Patrick Pihana Branco, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Sonny Ganaden |
Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Takashi Ohno |
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Rep. Sam Satoru Kong |
Rep. Bob McDermott |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022 |
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8:30 am |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 430 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF WATER RIGHTS. Exempts the instream use of water for traditional and customary kalo cultivation practices from the existing process for disposition of water rights. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABILITY. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to recognize that game mammals and game birds provide a food source and play a role in native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices and that striking the right balance between the management of game mammal and game bird populations and sustainability of their natural habitats to reduce negative impacts to important watershed areas is a priority and that the State's unique relationship with the ocean requires careful consideration and management of land and ocean activities that prioritize the public trust responsibilities of the State. Requires each department, office, or agency of the State to update its rules and policies to integrate the local hunting and fishing industries into any food security or sustainability strategies that department, office, or agency employs.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Requires the land use commission to prepare and adopt a conservation and development plan. Requires the land use commission to amend the district boundaries according to the determinations, findings, and recommendations of the plan.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE PULEHUNUI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. Establishes the Pulehunui community development district. Establishes community development district authority boards for each community development district. Amends the membership and reassigns certain duties of the Hawaii Community Development Authority to the community development district authority boards.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC LANDS BY NEGOTIATION. Includes leases for commercial, industrial, and hotel or resort purposes eligible for disposition by negotiation pursuant to section 171-59(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Requires DLNR to review the final report of the house of representatives' investigative committee established under House Resolution No. 164, Regular Session of 2021, for the purpose of developing proposed legislation. Appropriates funds for DLNR to implement the report's recommendations.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO LEASES. Requires as a condition precedent for any valid withdrawal of lands out of pasture leases for reforestation purposes that the division of forestry and wildlife submit a funded action plan detailing the planned reforestation process for those lands and that the withdrawal be approved by the board of land and natural resources.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS. Before the transfer of non-agricultural park lands, authorizes HDOA to request information from DLNR related to the establishment of easements by necessity upon the lands.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND LEASES. Authorizes the board of land and natural resources to: (1) Amend and extend existing pasture leases for up to sixty-five years; (2) Issue new pasture leases by negotiation, if the lands are already under pastoral use; and (3) Develop agricultural and pasture lease rents based on the value of the land's agricultural uses.
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND. Specifies that agricultural multi-use lands under the management of DLNR are not subject to transfer to and management by HDOA. Requires DLNR to revise its land classifications to include agricultural multi-use lands. Establishes and appropriates funds for an agricultural multi-use lands specialist position.
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WAL, FIN |
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________________________________________ Rep. David A. Tarnas Chair |
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