HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
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Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita, Chair |
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Rep. Lisa Kitagawa, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Micah P.K. Aiu |
Rep. Rachele F. Lamosao |
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Rep. Cory M. Chun |
Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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Rep. Elle Cochran |
Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto |
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Rep. Andrew Takuya Garrett |
Rep. Mahina Poepoe |
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Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa |
Rep. Jenna Takenouchi |
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Rep. Darius K. Kila |
Rep. David Alcos III |
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Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi |
Rep. Gene Ward |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 308 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A #1
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RELATING TO THE GREEN JOBS YOUTH CORPS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources and its partner, or partners, for the continuation of benefits of the Green Jobs Youth Corps. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE. Allows professional and technical staff of the state historic preservation division to be exempt from civil service laws. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL/LGO, FIN |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources, through the state historic preservation division to contract its review of proposed state projects, projects on privately owned historic property, and projects affecting historic properties to third-party consultants if the department will not be able to complete its review within sixty days. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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WAL, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE PARKS. Exempts parking lot operations at state parks and operation of concessions at certain state parks from the bidding requirements for concessions operating on public property. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL/LGO, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Requires the department of land and natural resources to develop and implement a management system for Ka‘ena point state park, Makua, and Keawa‘ula regions. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES. Requires the commission on water resource management and division of aquatic resources of the department of land and natural resources, in partnership with the University of Hawaii and department of health, to conduct research on limu to understand the impacts of groundwater use on groundwater-dependent ecosystems. Requires a joint report to legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Requires DLNR to develop and publish a website that includes the application processes for a permit, license, or reservation needed to conduct recreational and commercial activities in the State that are regulated by or under the jurisdiction of the department. Requires DLNR to convert existing application processes into a digital format to be used on the website. Appropriates funds for the establishment of the website. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO OCEAN RECREATION COMMERCIAL PERMITS. Specifies the methods by which the department of land and natural resources can issue new ocean recreation commercial permits and renew existing ocean recreation commercial permits. Specifies that new permits for ocean recreation management areas and facilities where a permit limit is implemented shall be issued by the method and order set specified, until the limit is reached. For renewal of existing permits in ocean recreation management areas and facilities where a permit limit is implemented, bases renewal of a commercial permit on seniority, until the limit is reached. Establishes an ocean recreation commercial permits working group within the division of boating and ocean recreation of the department of land and natural resources. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO A STATE BOATING FACILITY LEASE PILOT PROGRAM. Establishes a state boating facility lease pilot program within the department of land and natural resources. Clarifies that a private partner under lease or contract with the department may assist with development, management, and maintenance of a state small boat harbor. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS. Appropriates moneys and three full time equivalent positions under the Department of Law Enforcement to provide security at small boat harbors on Maui. Appropriates moneys. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER RESOURCES. Appropriates funds as a grant-in-aid to the city and county of Honolulu board of water supply to plan, design, and construct seven monitoring wells and an exploratory well. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO STORMWATER FEES. Exempts the State and its departments and agencies that maintain or operate a stormwater management system that is interconnected to a county stormwater system from county stormwater user fees. Prohibits each county from denying services to the State or its departments or agencies by reason of nonpayment of user fees. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules to prevent and respond to the introduction of aquatic nuisance species from discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel and contemplate the relationship between the federal Vessel Incidental Discharge Act of 2018, as amended, and state law. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION CONTROL. Revises chapter 342D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add wetlands to the definition of state waters, clarify the Director of Health's role as a certifying agency including enforcement of water quality certifications, and increase certain statutory civil penalties. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL/EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO STATE WATER CODE PENALTIES. Adds a minimum penalty of $50 and a maximum penalty of $25,000 per violation of the state water code and makes each day that a violation exists or continues to exist a separate offense. Requires the commission on water resource management to determine the amount of the penalty based on the circumstances of the violation. Creates two positions within the commission on water resource management. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER YIELDS. Requires the University of Hawaii, in consultation with the commission on water resource management, to develop a scope of work and cost analysis to complete a flexible groundwater model that proposes methods for determining the needs of traditional and customary Native Hawaiian practices, climate change projections, and groundwater dependent ecosystems. Requires a joint report to be submitted to the legislature by 11/1/2023. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, HET, FIN |
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RELATING TO COASTAL EROSION. Establishes and appropriates funds for a two-year program at the University of Hawaii to study sand movement patterns and coastal erosion along the coast between Sunset beach park and Ehukai beach park on the north shore of Oahu, including the impact of sandbag walls, tarps, rocks placed in the shoreline, sand pushing, and coastal restoration on beach processes. Establishes a temporary moratorium on the use of sandbag walls, unless authorized by an emergency permit from the department of land and natural resources. Requires report to legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO LAND USE. Requires the department of land and natural resources to prepare plans and a program to facilitate voluntary relocation of residential development away from areas at risk of sea level rise. Establishes the sea level rise relocation special fund. Allows the exchange of public land for private lands for the transfer of development rights or land exchanges to relocate private development away from high-risk areas. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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WAL, EEP, FIN |
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RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION. Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in cooperation with each state agency having operational responsibilities over state facilities, to develop a standardized process to conduct vulnerability assessments for facilities at risk from sea level rise and guidance to agencies on how to conduct the vulnerability assessments for their facilities. Appropriates funds. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES. Appropriates funds to the department of land and natural resources to address the impacts of climate change in the State. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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________________________________________ Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita Chair |
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