HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
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Rep. Linda Ichiyama, Chair |
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Rep. Mahina Poepoe, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Cory M. Chun |
Rep. Dee Morikawa |
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Rep. Sonny Ganaden |
Rep. Gregg Takayama |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Kanani Souza |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, March 16, 2023 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 430 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Clarifies that the Board of Land and Natural Resources' authority shall supersede the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority for all lands designated under the state conservation district. Specifying that the Chairperson of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents, with approval of the Board of Regents subject to quorum and majority requirements, may designate a member of the Board of Regents or past member of the Board of Regents with experience with Mauna Kea, to serve as the Chairperson of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents' Designee. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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WAL, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to inventory historic properties and burial sites in the State, collect data on burial site locations, and conduct an archaeological surface survey. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF WATER RIGHTS. Establishes that the public auction requirements for the disposition of water rights shall not be required for a lease of water for commercial kalo cultivation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO REUSE ZONES. Requires nonpotable water users and developers of real property located within a certain distance of wastewater treatment plants to use R-1 water. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO SPECIAL ACTIVITY PERMITS. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to approve or deny an application for a special activity permit for aquatic research within ninety days from the date that it was submitted. Appropriates an unspecified amount of funds for the establishment of two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions within the Division of Aquatic Resources to support the special activity permit review process. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO FISHPONDS. Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to restore and restock fishponds by providing fingerlings and limu and establishing one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) aquaculture coordinator biologist VI position. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO MARINE MANAGEMENT AREAS. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to comply with Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, when designating marine management areas. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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WAL, JHA |
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RELATING TO COMMERCIAL FISHING. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to establish limited entry commercial fisheries for fisheries that are not subject to federal fisheries regulations as defined in section 187A-5.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, where appropriate or necessary to ensure certain commercial fisheries throughout the State remain healthy and sustainable while balancing the important economic role of commercial fisheries in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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RELATING TO BEACHES. Includes in the State's policies for the physical environment under the Hawaii State Planning Act, the promotion of statewide beach assessments and beach and shoreline restoration and conservation and the pursuit of compatible relationships among activities, facilities, Native Hawaiian traditional practices mauka to makai, and natural resources. Appropriates funds to the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development for the development of a statewide beach assessment study and shoreline restoration and conservation plan. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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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. Makes an appropriation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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________________________________________ Rep. Linda Ichiyama Chair |
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