OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER

TWENTY-NINTH STATE LEGISLATURE

 

COMMITTEE REFERRALS

 

 

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NO. 11

10TH LEGISLATIVE DAY-FEBRUARY 2, 2017

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Committee Abbreviations:

 


AGR -  Agriculture

CPC -   Consumer Protection & Commerce

EDB -  Economic Development & Business

EDN -  Education

EEP -   Energy & Environmental Protection

FIN -    Finance

HED -  Higher Education

HLT -   Health

HSG -  Housing

HUS -  Human Services

IAC -   Intrastate Commerce

JUD -   Judiciary

LAB -  Labor & Public Employment

LMG -  Legislative Management

OMH - Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs

PBS -   Public Safety

TOU -  Tourism

TRN -  Transportation

VMI -   Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts

WAL - Water & Land


 

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Committee

 

 

RE-REFERRAL

 

HB436

RELATING TO PROPELLER GUARDS.

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

 

OMH, JUD

HB437

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

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

HB620

RELATING TO THE KAHO‘OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION.

Appropriates funds to support the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission.

 

WAL, FIN

HB622

RELATING TO THE PUBLIC TRUST LAND.

Authorizes the BLNR Chairperson to transfer public land trust funds to the Kaho‘olawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund.  Authorizes the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to expend public land trust funds for purposes consistent with those of the Kaho‘olawe Rehabilitation Trust Fund.

 

WAL, FIN

HB860

RELATING TO ACTIONS FOR QUIET TITLE.

Provides that: (1) actions for quiet title of kuleana lands shall be subject to mandatory mediation; (2) court cases by the same plaintiff that seeks quiet title for separate kuleana lands within the same court circuit shall be consolidated; (3) defendant's access for cultural and traditional practices shall not be alienated or extinguished; and (4) plaintiff shall not recover costs, expenses, or attorney's fees from the defendant.

 

OMH, JUD

HB1279

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL FOOD PRODUCTION.

Appropriates funds for the University of Hawaii, West Oahu, to expand its existing programs and develop new means to increase food security and self-sufficiency in the State.

 

HED, FIN