Hearing OMH 02-07-17.

Prohibits construction of seawalls in shoreline areas without a public hearing and a showing that the seawall is necessary to protect an existing legal object, structure, or activity from damage due seawater inundation or shoreline erosion and no reasonable alternatives exist.

OMH, JUD

HB 861

Status

RELATING TO COMMUNITY-BASED SUBSISTENCE FISHING AREAS.

Establishes a goal for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to designate and adopt rules for the management of no fewer than four community-based subsistence fishing areas by December 31, 2020. Establishes designation process and rule requirements.

OMH, FIN

HB 998

Status

RELATING TO BOTTOMFISH.

Requires any rule adopted by DLNR that restricts the fishing of bottomfish to include peer-reviewed scientific evidence that establishes the environmental necessity of the rule.

OMH, JUD

HB 1126

Status

RELATING TO VESSELS AGROUND.

Clarifies that the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department) may assume immediate control of a vessel that is grounded on state submerged lands or on a shoreline. Clarifies that the Department may assume immediate control of a vessel grounded on a sand beach, sand bar, or mudflat not in imminent danger of breaking up after the owner has been given seventy-two hours' notice to remove the vessel and has not done so.

OMH, JUD

HB 436

Status

RELATING TO PROPELLER GUARDS.

Requires all motorized recreational vessels operating in nearshore waters to have properly functioning propeller guards.

OMH, JUD

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Kaniela Ing

Chair