THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, AND AGRICULTURE

Senator Mike Gabbard, Chair

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair

Senator Will Espero, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2583

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COMPOSTING TOILETS.

Mandates the counties to approve the installation and use of composting toilets in areas that are inaccessible to municipal wastewater systems.

 

PSM/WLA, WAM

SB 2129

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET.

Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture to assist and fund the National Wildlife Research Center to research the negative impacts of the rose-ringed parakeet on Kauai and develop and implement a control plan to reduce the negative impacts.

 

WLA/PSM, WAM

SB 2353

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Requires new developments to plan for the impacts of projected sea level rise and prohibits development in areas significantly affected by projected sea level rise.  Transitions to long-term annual shoreline erosion based setback by 1/1/2019 for counties with erosion rate data and requires the setback to be sixty feet from the shoreline for a new development.

 

WLA/PSM, WAM

SB 2380

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO COUNTIES.

Allows county lifeguards to enforce state laws, rules, and regulations in the near shore zone.

 

WLA/PSM, JDL

SB 2503

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WATER INFRASTRUCTURE LOANS.

Establishes a water infrastructure loan program under the Hawaii water infrastructure authority within DLNR.  Allows authority to make loans for water infrastructure development, repair, and maintenance.  Makes appropriation.

 

WLA/PSM, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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

 

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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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6693.

 

 

 

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Senator Clarence K. Nishihara

Chair

 

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Senator Mike Gabbard

Chair