Prohibits educational institutions, public or private, in the conservation district.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. Section 183C-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:

"(d) The department shall establish zones within the conservation district[, which] that shall be restricted to certain uses. The department, by rules, may specify the land uses permitted therein [which] that may include[,] but are not limited to[,] farming, flower gardening, operation of nurseries or orchards, growth of commercial timber, grazing, recreational or hunting pursuits, or residential use[.]; provided that no educational institution, public or private, shall be permitted in any zone in the conservation district. The rules may control the extent, manner, and times of the uses, and may specifically prohibit unlimited cutting of forest growth, soil mining, or other activities detrimental to good conservation practices."

SECTION 2. Section 205-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:

"(e) Conservation districts shall include areas necessary for protecting watersheds and water sources; preserving scenic and historic areas; providing park lands, wilderness, and beach reserves; conserving indigenous or endemic plants, fish, and wildlife, including those which are threatened or endangered; preventing floods and soil erosion; forestry; open space areas whose existing openness, natural condition, or present state of use, if retained, would enhance the present or potential value of abutting or surrounding communities, or would maintain or enhance the conservation of natural or scenic resources; areas of value for recreational purposes; other related activities; and other permitted uses not detrimental to a multiple use conservation concept[.]; provided that no educational institution, public or private, shall be permitted in the conservation district."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.