HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND USE

Rep. Ezra Kanoho, Chair

Rep. Helene Hale, Vice Chair

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Kika Bukoski

Rep. Hermina Morita

Rep. Mindy Jaffe

Rep. Blake Oshiro

Rep. Colleen Meyer

Rep. Brian Schatz

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS CONCERNS

Rep. Lei Ahu Isa, Chair

Rep. Michael Magaoay, Vice Chair

Rep. Felipe Abinsay

Rep. Roy Takumi

Rep. Ed Case

Rep. Ron Davis

Rep. Ben Cabreros

Rep. Bertha Leong

Rep. Jerry Chang

Rep. Barbara Marumoto

Rep. Nathan Suzuki

Rep. Guy Ontai

COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND CULTURE

Rep. Jerry Chang, Chair

Rep. Nathan Suzuki, Vice Chair

Rep. Felipe Abinsay

Rep. Roy Takumi

Rep. Lei Ahu Isa

Rep. Chris Halford

Rep. Ed Case

Rep. Bertha Leong

Rep. Ben Cabreros

Rep. Barbara Marumoto

Rep. Michael Magaoay

Rep. Guy Ontai

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

Rep. Felipe P. Abinsay, Chair

Rep. Ben Cabreros, Vice Chair

Rep. Lei Ahu Isa

Rep. Roy Takumi

Rep. Ed Case

Rep. Ron Davis

Rep. Jerry Chang

Rep. Joe Gomes

Rep. Michael Magaoay

Rep. Chris Halford

Rep. Nathan Suzuki

Rep. Paul Whalen

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

TIME:

8:00 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

SB 2613 SD2

(SSCR 2814)

RELATING TO FISHING RIGHTS AND REGULATIONS.

Prohibits feeding of sharks as part of a commercial activity; effective 7/1/2050.

WLU/EDB

SB 2890 SD2

(SSCR 2783)

RELATING TO TIME SHARING PLANS.

Allows time sharing units and plans on property in a county with a population in excess of 500,000, where an existing hotel is a valid non-conforming use under county ordinance; provided that hotel has at least sixty units and forty per cent are available for sale as residential

apartments.

WLU/TAC, CPC

SB 2242 SD1

(SSCR 2536)

RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LEASES.

Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to extend an

agricultural lessee's lease to amortize the lessee-financed improvements made to the land and to allow a lessee undergoing economic hardship a lease extension.

WLU/AGR, FIN

FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECEIVING TESTIMONY AND DISCUSSION, THE COMMITTEE WILL BE CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FOLLOWING BILL (WHICH REFLECTS ITS CURRENT CONTENTS AND INSERTION OF NEW LANGUAGE IN A PROPOSED AMENDED FORM):

SB 2007 SD2 RELATING TO LAND USE. WLU/AGR, FIN

(SSCR 2768) Authorized counties to permit home occupations in the agricultural

district without requiring a special permit; defines "home occupation".

PROPOSED

SB 2007 SD2, HD1 ADDS:

Establishes standards and criteria and process for identification of

important agricultural lands.; provides a one-time process to reclassify

lands of low agricultural resource value to the rural land use district,

and amends the permissible uses with the rural land use district.

A COPY OF THE BILL IN PROPOSED AMENDED FORM WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN ROOM 432, STATE CAPITOL.

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

PERSONS WISHING TO TESTIFY ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT 40 COPIES OF THEIR TESTIMONY AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING TO: (1) THE WLU COMMITTEE'S VICE CHAIR IN ROOM 331, STATE CAPITOL, OR (2) THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS PERSONNEL IN THE TURNAROUND AREA OF THE CAPITOL BASEMENT PARKING LOT. TESTIMONY MAY BE FAXED TO THE HOUSE SGT.-AT-ARMS OFFICE AT: 586-6501 (OAHU) OR 1-800-535-3859 (NEIGHBOR ISLANDS). WHEN FAXING, PLEASE INDICATE TO WHOM THE TESTIMONY IS BEING SUBMITTED, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE HEARING, AND THE REQUIRED NO. OF COPIES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR SUBMITTAL.

IT IS ALSO REQUESTED THAT THE COPIES BE ON ONE SIDE OF AN 8-1/2" X 11" SHEET. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE WLU COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6399.

IF YOU REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE OR AUXILIARY AIDS AND/OR SERVICES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS OF THE STATE HOUSE (I.E., SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY, OR PARKING DESIGNATED FOR THE DISABLED), PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE HEARING SO ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

 

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Rep. Lei Ahu Isa

Chair

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Rep. Ezra Kanoho

Chair

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Rep. Felipe P. Abinsay

Chair

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Rep. Jerry Chang

Chair