THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND

Senator Kaiali‘i Kahele, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

TIME:

10:45 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 211

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 1326, HD2

      Proposed SD1

      (HSCR1252)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS.

Allows for a total of six consecutive one-year holdovers of water permits under section 171-58(c), HRS. Places conditions on holdovers that authorize the use of over two million gallons of water per day. Requires holdovers to continue without BLNR action while a contested case hearing is pending. Makes conforming amendments to the reporting requirement in Act 126, SLH 2016. Requires the BLNR, prior to authorizing holdovers after 1/1/2020, to hold a public hearing on the adoption of proposed administrative rules on the disposition of water rights by lease at public auction and water valuation process and retain certified appraiser who has a sufficient understanding of real property and water law in the State. Exempts authorized instream, in-watershed use of water for wetland kalo cultivation done in a traditional manner. Requires BLNR, the chairperson of BLNR, and commission on water resource management to report to the legislature on the effectiveness of section 171-58, HRS. Extends the repeal and reenactment provision for Act 126, SLH 2016, from June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2022.  (Proposed SD1)

 

Copies of the proposed SD 1 are available from the Senate Document Center and on the Legislature's website:  www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

 

 

WTL/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 Donovan M. Dela Cruz

Chair

 

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Senator Kaiali'i Kahele

Chair