THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2007

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, AGRICULTURE, AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Senator Russell S. Kokubun, Chair

Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Shan S. Tsutsui, Vice Chair

 

 

MEASURES DEFERRED TO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2007

 

DATE:

Monday, February 12, 2007

TIME:

1:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Wednesday, February 7, 2007)

 

SB 1219

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Authorizes counties to petition land use commission to reclassify agricultural lands to allow certain preexisting residential uses to be considered permissible use.

 

WAH/IGM

SB 1532

RELATING TO KULEANA LANDS.

Requires counties to adopt ordinance to exempt kuleana lands from real property taxes; eliminates department of land and natural resources approval of office of Hawaiian affairs land management plan before land may escheat to office of Hawaiian affairs; makes office of Hawaiian affairs party to all quiet title actions of kuleana lands where escheat is an issue; bars claim to kuleana lands based on claim of adverse possession.

 

WAH/IGM, WAM

SB 1544

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Allows the office of Hawaiian affairs to develop housing projects that are exempt from all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules of any governmental agency relating to planning, districting, zoning, construction standards for subdivisions, development and improvement of land, and the construction of units.

 

WAH/IGM, CPH

SB 1603

RELATING TO LIABILITY.

Repeals certain sunset dates, thereby making permanent, laws that provide the state and county governments with liability protection for public use of certain state or county recreational areas.

 

WAH/IGM, JDL

SB 1596

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR NORTH KONA WATER SOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND STORAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

Makes an appropriation for a grant-in-aid to county of Hawaii for water source development in Kona, Hawaii.

 

IGM/WAH, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6760.