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

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, March 28, 2016

TIME:

3:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SCR 142 / SR 104

      Status & Testimony / Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MONUMENT IN HILO ON STATE LAND IN HONOR OF THE LATE SENATOR GILBERT KAHELE.

 

 

WLA, WAM

SCR 46

      Status & Testimony

ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE ALA WAI WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP AND REQUESTING A REPORT ON PROGRESS MADE BY THE PARTNERSHIP.

 

 

WLA, WAM

SCR 72

      Status & Testimony

EXPRESSING ENDORSEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR A UNIQUE AND AGGRESSIVE APPROACH BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO USE DURABLE AND TEMPORARY GEO-SYNTHETIC MATERIALS AS NECESSARY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE KAANAPALI BEACH WALK FROM SHORELINE HAZARDS UNTIL THE BEACH NOURISHMENT PROGRAM AT KAANAPALI BEACH CAN BE COMPLETED.

 

 

WLA, WAM

SCR 129

      Status & Testimony

ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO ADOPT STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY THE TEA INDUSTRY TO DEFINE GEOGRAPHICAL REGION DESIGNATIONS FOR TEA GROWN IN THE STATE.

 

 

WLA, CPH

SR 114

      Status & Testimony

RECOGNIZING THE WHITMORE PROJECT'S MISSION TO REVITALIZE HAWAII'S LOCAL AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY AND REQUESTING THE AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE LAND AND PROVIDE LOCAL FARMERS WITH LONG-TERM LEASES.

 

 

WLA, WAM

SCR 130

      Status & Testimony

REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BONA FIDE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCER TASK FORCE TO CREATE A DEFINITION FOR THE TERM "BONA FIDE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCER".

 

 

WLA, WAM

 

 

 

 

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 Mike Gabbard

Chair