THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair |
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Senator Malama Solomon, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 |
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1:45 p.m. |
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Conference Room 225 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY PLANNING. Changes the Hawaii Community development authority to the Hawaii community planning authority. Creates a process for developers to apply for residential and commercial planning projects. Allocates general excise tax revenues collected within a planning district to be used by the authority to pay principal and interest on bonds associated with projects located in a planning district. Allows the authority to waive impact fees. Authorizes the authority to create business improvement districts and community facilities districts and assess a special assessment to fund the improvements within those districts. Authorizes the authority to act as a density rights bank and transfer a property's density rights to a receiving entity or from a sending authority to increase development in that area authorized by the authority. (SD1)
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RELATING TO COMMUNITY PLANNING. Allows the counties to create county transit-oriented development programs. Establishes planning districts and creates a process for developers to apply for residential and commercial exceptional planning projects. (SD1)
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING. Transfers the office of planning from the department of business, economic development, and tourism to the office of the governor. Creates operating teams in the office of planning for data collection, strategic planning, and project management. Requires the director of the office of planning to conduct an annual review of the office of planning.
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RELATING TO THE KAHO'OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION. Provides that the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission shall be subject to the oversight of the department of land and natural resources.
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RELATING TO OCEAN SAFETY. Requires the department of land and natural resources to adopt rules that promote greater safety of ocean users in the State's nearshore waters. Appropriates funds for swim zone buoys at Kamaole beach. Requires a report to the legislature. (SD1)
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz Chair |
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