THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2277
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Act 380, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997, as amended by Act 3, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001, as amended by Act 90, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, is amended by amending section 13 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 13.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval[; provided that no new safe harbor agreements, habitat conservation plans, or incidental take licenses issued pursuant to section 195D-4, 195D-21, or 195D-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be approved or issued subsequent to July 1, 2012]."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Conservation of Wildlife

Description:

Makes permanent the Department of Land and Natural Resources' power to approve habitat conservation plans, safe harbor agreements, and incidental take licenses.  Effective July 1, 2050.  (SB2277 HD1)

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