Report Title:
Molokai Irrigation System
Description:
Makes Molokai irrigation system water users advisory board a governing board. Increases number of members of the board. Allows nomination from Molokai homestead stakeholder organizations.
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THE SENATE |
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1705 |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO the MOLOKAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 167-23, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§167-23[]] Molokai irrigation system [water users advisory] governing board;
establishment; meetings. (a) There is established a Molokai irrigation
system [water users advisory] governing board, to be appointed by
the governor under section 26-34. The [advisory] governing board
shall consist of [six] eleven members, as follows:
(1) [A] Six homestead farmer [user]
users on Molokai[;], to be nominated to the governor by the
Hoolehua Homesteaders Association, Molokai Homestead Farmers Alliance, and
Hoolehua Homestead Agriculture Association;
(2) A nonhomestead farmer user on Molokai;
(3) The designee (by name rather than office) of the Molokai Farm Bureau;
(4) The designee (by name rather than office) of Hikiola Cooperative, Inc.;
(5) The designee (by name rather than office) of the Molokai-Lanai soil and water conservation district; and
(6) The designee (by name rather than office) of the department of Hawaiian home lands.
The members of the [advisory] Molokai irrigation system governing board shall serve without compensation,
but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses while attending
meetings and while in the discharge of their duties. For administrative
purposes, and pursuant to section 26-35, the [advisory] Molokai irrigation system governing board shall be placed within the
department of agriculture.
(b) The [advisory] Molokai
irrigation system governing board shall meet with the department of
agriculture at least six times each year. The meetings shall be held on Molokai, whenever possible.
The [advisory] Molokai irrigation
system governing board's duties and responsibilities shall be to [advise
the department on matters of concern to the users of the system,] manage
the Molokai irrigation system, to provide support for improvements to the
irrigation facilities, to participate in the long-range planning of the system,
and to act as liaison between the users and the department."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.
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