THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2023

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Brandon J.C. Elefante, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, February 10, 2023

TIME:

2:05 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

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A G E N D A

 

SB 469

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Authorizes the counties to reclassify lands fifteen to one hundred acres in certain rural, urban, and agricultural districts in which at least fifty per cent of the housing units on the land sought to be reclassified are set aside for persons and families with incomes at or below one hundred forty per cent of the area median income.

 

WTL, WAM

SB 74

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREAS.

Establishes additional exclusions from the definition of "development" as it applies to special management areas to reduce the need for special management area permits for certain activities.

 

WTL, JDC

SB 85

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to perform a study to refine rural district policies and make recommendations to facilitate the reclassification of lands from the agricultural district to the rural district.  Requires reports to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

WTL, WAM

SB 68

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Amends the definition of "historic property" to require that the property meets the criteria for inclusion in the Hawaii Register of Historic Places.

 

WTL, JDC/WAM

SB 309

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HISTORIC PROPERTY.

Redefines historic property to mean buildings and structures that are over 100 years old.

 

WTL, JDC/WAM

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye

Chair