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

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, February 8, 2019

TIME:

1:20 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 931

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO MARINE AQUARIUM FISHING.

Prohibits all commercial capture of aquatic life for aquarium purposes, regardless of the method of collection.

 

WTL, JDC

SB 1136

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FISHING.

Prohibits scuba spearfishing at night for the purpose of taking aquatic life, except through a permit.

 

WTL, JDC

SB 1371

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO LAY NETS.

Prohibits the use of lay nets for fishing, except under a permit obtained by the department of land and natural resources.  Establishes the use of lay nets for fishing as a misdemeanor offense with a mandatory minimum period of imprisonment of one day.

 

WTL, JDC

SB 1339

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.

Requires a vulnerable coastal property purchaser statement to be executed by the purchaser or transferee with the sale or transfer of vulnerable coastal real estate.

 

WTL, JDC/CPH

SB 1340

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.

Requires that mandatory seller disclosures in real estate transactions include identification of residential real properties lying within a sea level rise exposure area.  Effective 11/01/19.

 

WTL, JDC/CPH

SB 554

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO STATE WATER CODE PENALTIES.

Adds a minimum penalty of $50 per violation of the state water code and makes each day that a violation exists or continues a separate offense.  Requires the Commission on Water Resource Management to determine the amount of the penalty based on the circumstances of the violation.

 

WTL, JDC/WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Testimony may be submitted up to 24 hours prior to the start of the hearing.

 

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 Kaiali'i Kahele

Chair