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HISB510Intro
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Establishes a Dam and Reservoir Working Group to ensure and enhance the continued availability and operation of dams and reservoirs in the State.
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2023-12-11
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HISB996Intro
25%
Prohibits the use of 1,000,000 or more gallons of water per year for recreational or ornamental purposes.
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2023-12-11
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HISB337Intro
25%
Increases the term that the Hawaii Community Development Authority may lease certain property from sixty-five to ninety-nine years. Retains terms for leases of ceded lands at sixty-five years.
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2023-12-11
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HISB771Intro
25%
Establishes a criminal penalty and monetary fines for aquarium fishing violations. Clarifies that each fish or aquatic life specimen taken in violation of certain fishing laws regarding aquarium fish and the possession and use of prohibited explosive...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1032Intro
25%
Requires the department of land and natural resources to prepare plans and a program to facilitate voluntary relocation of Presidential development away from areas at risk of sea level rise. Establishes the sea level rise relocation special fund. Req...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1030Intro
25%
Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to establish and operate conservation mitigation banks to restore, create, enhance, or preserve conservation habitats or resources as compensatory mitigation. Authorizes the department to contra...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1390Intro
25%
Expands the authority of the State and the counties and develops funding to begin utilizing managed retreat as an option for voluntarily moving residential development and associated infrastructure away from critically vulnerable areas to locations o...
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2023-12-11
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HISB512Intro
25%
Establishes within the Department of Land and Natural Resources a water security working group to study and recommend priority capital improvement projects for legislative consideration and approval that leverage public-private investment to increase...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1484Intro
25%
Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to expend the moneys from the State Parks Special Fund for programs aimed at environmental protection.
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2023-12-11
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HISB309Intro
25%
Redefines historic property to mean buildings and structures that are over 100 years old.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1026Intro
25%
Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to acquire by eminent domain the fee simple interest to the parcels of land with improvements thereon located between 59-145 and 59-175C Ke Nui Road. Appropriates funds.
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2023-12-11
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HISB932Intro
25%
Increases shoreline setback requirements.
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2023-12-11
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HISB569Intro
25%
Relating To Land. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1065Intro
25%
Specifies, in the State Water Code, that fire safety use is a beneficial use of fresh water. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, in consultation with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, to cooperate with the counties and reserv...
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2023-12-11
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HISB90Intro
25%
Repeals section 171-58, Hawaii Revised Statutes to eliminate the Board of Land and Natural Resources' power to issue water use permits. Establishes positions within the Commission on Water Resource Management. Appropriates funds.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1292Intro
25%
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to perform a study to refine rural district policies and make recommendations to facilitate the reclassification of lands from the agricultural district to the rural district. Requires repor...
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2023-12-11
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HISB364Intro
25%
Establishes the natural resource management special fund and authorizes uses for moneys in the fund. Establishes a Natural Resource Management Commission to guide and approve the disbursement of moneys deposited into the fund. Allocates transient acc...
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2023-12-11
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HISB331Intro
25%
Prohibits a county from enacting a development policy, standard, or condition that would have the effect of changing the land use designation or zoning of a parcel or parcels of property to a less intensive use or reducing the intensity of land use w...
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2023-12-11
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HISB1083Intro
25%
Appropriates funds for a three-year continuation of the wind-generated storm damage reef-insurance policy purchased by The Nature Conservancy in November 2022.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1252Intro
25%
Prohibits owners of vacant undeveloped land to cause or permit visible fugitive dust to become airborne from their land or to cause or permit visible fugitive dust that originates from their vacant developed land to be discharged beyond their land's ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB433Intro
25%
Establishes green infrastructure objectives, policies, and priority guidelines for state facility systems, infrastructure, and transit projects in the Hawaii State Planning Act to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors. Defines green ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB76Intro
25%
Transfers authority for certain project reviews from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Counties. Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to certify third-party reviewers and defines the role of third-party reviewers....
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2023-12-11
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HISB1013Intro
25%
Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chair's designee to the Commission on Water Resource Management. Increases number of commission members from seven to eight, with only five of eight required to have substantial experience ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB48Intro
25%
Establishes penalties for failure to comply with certain submerged land reclamation regulations. Adds requirements for presently reclaimed land to be disposed of by the Board of Land and Natural Resources, without recourse to public auction, to an ab...
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2023-12-11
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HISB570Intro
25%
Relating To Small Boat Harbors. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
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HISB207Intro
25%
Expands exclusions to the definition of "development" for purposes of special management areas to reduce the need for special management area permits for certain activities.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1069Intro
25%
Prohibits purposeful harassment with the intent to prevent the taking of fish from persons who are fishing in state waters.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1387Intro
25%
Establishes a state boating facility lease pilot program within the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department). Clarifies that a private partner under lease or contract with the Department may assist with development, management, and maint...
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2023-12-11
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HISB620Intro
25%
Prohibits the Department of Land and Natural Resources from approving any land disposition to the United States military that allows for or facilitates any military training activities on the subject lands. Requires that any lease or lease extension ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB78Intro
25%
Requires the Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Land and Natural Resources' State Historic Preservation Division.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1388Intro
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Specifies the methods by which the Department of Land and Natural Resources can issue new ocean recreation commercial permits and renew existing ocean recreation commercial permits. Specifies that new permits for ocean recreation management areas and...
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2023-12-11
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HISB10Intro
25%
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of State Parks for the management of feral roosters and chickens on state lands.
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2023-12-11
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HISB1584Intro
25%
Establishes as null and void, any nondisclosure, confidentiality, or non-disparagement clause in any agreement entered into by any government agency, that prohibits employees of the government agency or other parties from disclosing to the public cer...
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2023-12-11
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HISB571Intro
25%
Relating To Water. Short form bill.
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2023-12-11
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HISB80Intro
25%
Makes a person or entity liable for all or a portion of search or rescue expenses when the person or entity knowingly enters state, county, or private property, knowingly enters a hiking trail that is closed to the public, or violates applicable laws...
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2023-12-11
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HISB820Intro
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Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to contract reviews of certain proposed projects that may affect historic properties, aviation artifacts, or burial sites to third-party consultants if the department will not be able to complete ...
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2023-12-11
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HISB468Intro
25%
Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules to prevent and respond to the introduction of aquatic nuisance species from discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel and reflect the relationship between the fede...
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2023-12-11
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