THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair |
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Senator Bennette E. Misalucha, Vice Chair |
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Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair |
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Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 11, 2022 |
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3:10pm |
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Conference Room 224 & Videoconference |
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EET |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY. Adds the Hawaii Tourism Authority president and chief executive officer as an ex officio member of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Land Use Commission.
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EET/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE PULEHUNUI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. Establishes the Pulehunui community development district. Establishes community development district authority boards for each community development district. Amends the membership and reassigns certain duties of the Hawaii Community Development Authority to the community development district authority boards.
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EET/WTL, WAM/JDC |
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RELATING TO ENERGY. Requires offshore wind turbines to be sited no closer than twelve miles from the shore of a main Hawaiian island.
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EET/WTL, JDC |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE. Transfers the Hawaii state energy office from the department of business, economic development, and tourism to the department of land and natural resources.
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EET/WTL, WAM |
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RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY. Establishes firm renewable energy generation policy in the Hawaii State Planning Act to ensure the reliable one hundred per cent replacement of fossil fuel electricity generation to increase the sustainability and energy self-sufficiency of the State to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Includes policy of incentives to facilitate and encourage fuel-producing crops and energy-producing crops and bioenergy and standards for achieving renewable portfolio standards.
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WTL/EET, WAM |
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RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a visitor green fee program to collect a fee to allow visitors to visit a state park, beach, state-owned forest, hiking trail, or other state-owned natural area. Establishes the environmental legacy commission to allocate the revenues from the visitor green to protect and manage Hawaii's natural resources. Appropriates moneys.
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WTL/EET, WAM |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Lorraine R. Inouye Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Glenn Wakai Chair |
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