HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2005
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COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND & OCEAN RESOURCES |
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Rep. Ezra Kanoho, Chair |
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Rep. Brian Schatz, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Lyla B. Berg, Ph.D. |
Rep. Tommy Waters |
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Rep. Cindy Evans |
Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer |
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Rep. Hermina M. Morita |
Rep. Cynthia Thielen |
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE |
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Rep. Felipe P. Abinsay, Jr., Chair |
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Rep. Clift Tsuji, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Jerry L. Chang |
Rep. Glenn Wakai |
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Rep. Robert N. Herkes |
Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita |
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Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu |
Rep. Chris Halford |
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Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay |
Rep. Bud Stonebraker |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Saturday, February 5, 2005 |
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TIME: |
8:30 a.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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HB 1033 |
RELATING TO INCOME TAX. Establishes an income tax credit for farmers who are forced to purchase water at higher rates from county water boards rather than at lower state irrigation system rates. Establishes the amount of the credit as the difference in the cost of water at the rates charged by the county board of water supply and the state irrigation system. Defines "farmer" as one who derives at least 50% of gross income from farming. |
AGR/WLO, FIN |
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HB 1034 |
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE AGRICULTURAL WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, UPCOUNTRY KULA, MAUI WATERSHED. Authorizes the issuance of general obligations bonds and appropriates funds for the final phase of the upcountry Maui watershed project to build a pipeline from Omaopio Tank to Keokea. |
AGR/WLO, FIN |
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HB 1641 |
RELATING TO NON-AGRICULTURAL PARK LANDS. Establishes the Non-Agricultural Park Land Special Fund to pay for costs incurred in managing, administering, and overseeing non-agricultural park lands that are transferred, or in the process of being transferred, to the department of agriculture. |
AGR/WLO, EDB, FIN |
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HB 1667 |
RELATING TO HOME OCCUPATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. Allows counties to permit home occupations in agricultural districts without requiring a special permit. |
AGR/WLO, FIN |
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HB 955 |
RELATING TO DROUGHT MITIGATING FACILITIES. Promotes the construction of drought mitigating water storage facilities by increasing the amount of the Drought Mitigating Water Storage Facilities Tax Credit to 20 percent, repealing the date after which the Tax Credit is no longer available, and including costs for ancillary structures as qualifying costs for the Tax Credit. |
WLO/AGR, FIN |
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HB 952 |
RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TAX. Requires lands subject to substantial agricultural activities to be assessed at agricultural value and taxed at agricultural rate. Defines "substantial agricultural activities". |
WLO/AGR, FIN |
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HB 1368 |
RELATING TO LAND USE. Authorizes each county to establish an advisory group to assist the county planning department to identify land use policies and development standards and to identify lands suitable for reclassification into the rural district. Requires office of planning to assist counties in coordinating meetings and provide technical assistance. |
WLO/AGR, EDB, FIN |
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HB 1418 |
RELATING TO LAND USE. Redesignates certain residential subdivisions in the land use agricultural district into the rural district, subject to certain criteria. |
WLO/AGR, EDB, JUD |
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HB 1572 |
RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Grants authority to make land use district boundary amendment to appropriate county land use decision-making authority; provides appeal process of county land use decision-making authority decision to the land use commission; grants authority over agricultural district to the department of agriculture; repeals special permit; strengthens land use decision-making criteria to protect agriculture; requires periodic 5-year boundary reviews of all the land in the State by land use commission. |
WLO/AGR, EDB, FIN |
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HB 1640 |
RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Establishes important agricultural lands (IAL) identification process. Requires an incentives study. Prohibits IAL designation without landowner petition until July 1, 2011. Provides an agricultural infrastructure improvement tax credit and IAL leasehold subdivisions. Makes identification of IAL contingent on enactment of legislative incentives. Makes appropriations. |
WLO/AGR, EDB, FIN |
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HB 1553 |
RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Establishes important agricultural lands (IAL) identification process; prohibits IAL designation without landowner petition before 7/1/2011; provides agricultural infrastructure improvement tax credit; provides for IAL leasehold subdivision; makes identification of IAL contingent on enactment of legislative incentives; and makes 2 appropriations to DBED&T and to Department of Agriculture for purposes of this Act. |
WLO/AGR, EDB, FIN |
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HB 1501 |
RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS; LAND USE. Establishes qualification criteria, designation, and permitted uses of important agricultural lands; provides for dedication of important agricultural lands for transferable development credits; amends water code to ensure protection of water for irrigation of important agricultural lands; collapses 4 major land use districts into 3 districts-agricultural, conservation, and other lands; places urban and rural districts under other lands land use district; allows petitions for designation of agricultural lands with land study bureau classification other than A or B as important agricultural lands; permits issuance of special permit by land use commission for agricultural tourism or educational ecotourism. |
WLO/AGR, EDB, FIN |
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HB 1499 |
RELATING TO IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL LANDS; LAND USE. Establishes qualification criteria, designation, and permitted uses of important agricultural lands; provides for dedication of important agricultural lands for transferable development credits; income tax credit for real property taxes paid and investments in infrastructure on important agricultural land; amends water code to insure protection of water for irrigation of important agricultural lands; collapses 4 major land use districts into 3 districts-agricultural, conservation, and other lands; places urban and rural districts under other lands land use district; allows petitions for designation of agricultural lands with land study bureau classification other than A or B as important agricultural lands; permits issuance of special permit by land use commission for agricultural tourism or educational ecotourism. |
WLO/AGR, EDB, FIN |
The following bills, previously scheduled on: 02-02-05 and rescheduled to 02-05-05.
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HB 109 |
RELATING TO LAND USE COMMISSION. Establishes a presumption that a dwelling is not a farm dwelling if certain nonagricultural features in a subdivision or development are determined to be present. |
WLO/AGR, EDB |
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HB 123 |
RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION. Establishes a presumption that a dwelling is not a farm dwelling if certain nonagricultural features are present in a subdivision or development. |
WLO/AGR, EDB |
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HB 124 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL LANDS. Provides for a one-time reclassification to rural, of lands within the agricultural district that are primarily being used for residential purposes and consist of lots less than an acre in size that are not permitted pursuant to section 205-5(b). |
WLO/AGR, EDB, FIN |
DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS PREVIOUSLY HEARD ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2005. AS THIS IS A DECISION MAKING ONLY, NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED.
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HB 166 |
RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURES. Require sellers of residential property to disclose to buyers the close proximity of agricultural lands by including this geographic information in the disclosure statement provided to buyers. |
AGR/WLO, FIN |
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HB 167 |
RELATING TO STATE AGRICULTURAL LEASES. Requires lease rent appraisals for reopenings of state agricultural leases to be based on non-compounded inflation, rather than fair market value, provided that the lessees are in compliance with the terms of the lease. |
AGR/WLO, FIN |
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HB 125 |
RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. A short form bill relating to ocean resources |
WLO |
DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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________________________________________ Rep. Felipe P. Abinsay, Jr. Chair |
________________________________________ Rep. Ezra R. Kanoho Chair |