THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2017
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Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 |
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2:45 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 224 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use in-lieu fee mitigation to restore, create, enhance, or preserve aquatic habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. Establishes an aquatic mitigation banking special fund and an in-lieu fee mitigation special fund.
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO FISHING NETS. Requires all fishing nets that are placed in the water to have identification tags with contact information of the net's owner.
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WTL, JDL/WAM |
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RELATING TO CONSERVATION. Appropriates funds for a state civil service position to effectively track and monitor funds and expenditures related to habitat conservation plans and perform other tasks to benefit the recovery of threatened and endangered species.
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRAILS. Makes an appropriation for na ala hele to improve access to and maintenance of state controlled recreational trails statewide. Requires the operational budget for na ala hele to be increased by equal amounts over five years to reach an amount based on the 1992 budget of $2,000,000 adjusted for inflation into 2016 dollars.
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WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO FOREST STEWARDSHIP. Clarifies conditions that must be met by applicants to receive funds under the Forest Stewardship Program.
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WTL, WAM |
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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 Karl Rhoads Chair |
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