Hawaii Senate Bill 661 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-23 - Referred to TRE/PSM/WTL, JDL.
Pending: Senate Transportation and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Clarifies that county ordinances shall not conflict or interfere with DLNR rules related to the issuance of permits in support of geothermal resources development and geothermal resources exploration. Requires the lessee of a mining lease to comply with all water and air pollution control laws. Requires the rules of the board of land and natural resources regarding mining operations, geothermal resource development, and geothermal resource exploration, including drilling conditions and restrictions, to be uniform throughout the State.

Relating To Land Resources.

Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]	Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]	Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. Kaiali'i Kahele [D]
Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Clarence Nishihara [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-23	Senate	Referred to TRE/PSM/WTL, JDL.
2017-01-23	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2017-01-20	Senate	Introduced.

SB661 (Carry Over) 2017-01-23 - Referred to TRE/PSM/WTL, JDL.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=661&year=2017
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB661_.HTM