HB 1201

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL THEFT.

Clarifies that possession of agricultural commodities removed from fenced or posted premises without an ownership and movement certificate is evidence that the person knows that agricultural commodities are or have been stolen in cases of theft in the second degree; clarifies that possession of livestock without a livestock ownership and movement certificate is evidence that the person knows the livestock is or has been stolen in cases of livestock theft; broadens the definition of theft in the second degree by including theft of agricultural commodities that weigh over 25 lbs. from fenced or posted premises. (SD1)

HB 1202

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL TRESPASSING.

Provides that a person commits the crime of criminal trespass in the second degree if the person, without permission, enters cultivated or uncultivated agricultural land that is posted with signs forbidding trespass. (SD1)

HB 1639

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LIABILITY.

Exempts qualified farmers from liability when a person who trespasses and commits, or attempts to commit, theft on the farmer's agricultural land is injured. (SD1)

HB 1442

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO LATERAL PUBLIC ACCESS.

Imposes an additional requirement for subdivision approval, i.e., subdividers and developers must provide a right-of-way or easement to connect existing or proposed shoreline access points for reasonable public access along the shoreline, unless precluded by topography, so the public and other cultural practitioners can easily and safely traverse shoreline areas. (SD1)

HB 864

RELATING TO COUNTIES.

Extends the several counties' authority to regulate billboards and other outdoor advertising devices to include the airspace or waters beyond the boundaries of a county that are visible from any public place within the county.

HB 852

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO PERMIT APPROVALS.

Exempts proceedings of the Public Utilities Commission from automatic permit approval provisions. Specifies that the lack of quorum by an issuing agency shall not initially be applicable to the automatic permit approval provisions. (SD1)

HB 712

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER 6E.

Establishes criminal offenses for knowingly taking, appropriating, excavating, injuring, destroying, or altering historic property, aviation artifacts, and burial sites without permission or without obtaining required approval. Establishes criminal offense for knowingly failing to stop work in the immediate area and reporting the discovery in cases when a burial site is discovered. Establishes that it is a civil and administrative violation to knowingly fail to re-inter human remains discovered on private lands or lands owned by the State or counties. (SD1)

HB 1430

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO SOLID WASTE CONTROL.

Applies the offense of petty misdemeanor disposal of solid waste to the illegal disposal of volumes equal to or greater than one cubic yard and less than ten cubic yards. (SD1)

HB 895

HD2, SD1

RELATING TO COASTAL LIGHT POLLUTION.

Prohibits artificial light that directly illuminates the shoreline and ocean waters or causes a direct or indirect glare when displaced across property boundaries toward the shoreline and ocean waters. Directs special management area authorities to minimize light displacement. (SD1)