THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, AND HOUSING

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Malama Solomon, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 16, 2012

TIME:

1:25 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2926

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LAND USE.

Defines prime farmlands and requires the land use commission to specifically consider prime farmlands as a factor in decisions related to agricultural district boundaries and permissible uses within the agricultural districts.  Prohibits the commission from taking prime farmlands out of agricultural districts if the land is used for agricultural purposes for at least two years prior to the boundary amendment petition or has a high capacity for intensive agricultural uses.  Prohibits petitions for boundary amendments that cover substantially the same request as previously submitted to and subsequently denied by the commission or voluntarily withdrawn during a certain period of time after the denial or withdrawal, with certain exceptions.

 

WLH, JDL

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

Click here to submit testimony to the Senate Committee on Water, Land, and Housing.

 

Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.

 

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