THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
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Senator David Y. Ige, Chair |
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Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 |
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9:10 a.m. |
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Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
The following measure(s) were previously heard in their respective standing committees:
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LAND LIABILITY. Makes permanent Act 82, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, as amended, relating to the limitations of liability for public entities based on the duty to warn of dangers on public lands. Extends the conclusive presumption of signage as legally adequate warning of dangerous non-natural conditions on unimproved public lands. (SD1)
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WTL/JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS. Establishes a 2-year pilot project to resolve user conflicts on public recreational lands by convening one working group on the island of Oahu to identify and implement management strategies through the execution of a written agreement between interested parties. (SD1)
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WTL/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES. Promotes renewable energy in Hawaii by: (1) providing that all penalties, fees, and costs established and collected by the Department of Land and Natural Resources pursuant to Chapter 182, Hawaii Revised Statutes, be deposited in the Special Land and Development Fund; (2) including geothermal resources within the definition of a renewable energy producer; and (3) clarifying the permitting procedures for regulators and renewable energy developers considering geothermal development. (SD1)
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WTL/ENE, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAII AS THE STATE'S SHARE OF JOINT FUNDING WITH THE COUNTY TO CONSTRUCT IMPROVEMENTS TO WAIMEA DISTRICT/REGIONAL PARK. Makes a grant to Hawaii county as the State's share of joint funding with Hawaii county for improvements to the Waimea district/regional park on the island of Hawaii. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO SUPPORT CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Appropriates funds for the aha moku advisory committee for administration and community education purposes. (SD1)
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE. Authorizes a portion of the conveyance tax revenues to be paid into the Kaho‘olawe rehabilitation trust fund for the long-term rehabilitation and maintenance of the Kaho‘olawe island reserve. Repeals on the earlier of 6/30/2026 or upon federal and state recognition of the Sovereign Native Hawaiian entity. (SD1)
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WTL/HWN, WAM |
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PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 12, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ASSIST DAM AND RESERVOIR OWNERS. Proposes a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds and use the proceeds from the bonds to assist dam and reservoir owners. (SD1)
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WTL/JDL, WAM |
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for planning for and construction for the realignment of Kamehameha highway mauka of Laniakea beach on the north shore of Oahu. (SD1)
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WTL/TIA, WAM |
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RELATING TO BEACH MANAGEMENT FOR THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii sea grant college program to create a north shore beach management plan for the north shore of Oahu stretching from Sunset beach to Waimea bay. (SD1)
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WTL/HRE, WAM |
Decision making meeting only, no oral testimony will be accepted.
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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 David Y. Ige Chair |
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