Bill Text: HI HB1326 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Water Rights.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-04 - The committee on WAM deferred the measure. [HB1326 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB1326-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 126, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, is amended as follows:
1. By amending section 2 to read:
"SECTION 2. The department of land and natural resources
shall prepare and submit an annual [reports] report to the
legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of each regular [sessions]
session of [2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.] the legislature for
the years 2017-2027. The report
shall include:
(1) The status of applications to continue previously-authorized dispositions of water rights;
(2) Actions taken on
the applications during the [fiscal period of July 1, 2016, to November 30,
2016, fiscal year 2016–2017, fiscal year 2017–2018, and fiscal year 2018–2019,
respectively;] immediately preceding fiscal year; and
(3) Any relevant recommendations for legislative action or appropriation of funding."
2. By amending section 4 to read:
"SECTION
4. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval, and shall apply to applications for a lease to continue a previously
authorized disposition of water rights that are pending before the board of
land and natural resources on the effective date of this Act or filed with the
board of land and natural resources on or after the effective date of this Act,
but prior to June 30, [2019;] 2026; provided that:
(1) This Act shall be
repealed on June 30, [2019,] 2026, and section 171-58(c), Hawaii
Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on the day
prior to the effective date of this Act; and
(2) Any holdovers
first applied for under this Act prior to June 30, [2019,] 2026,
may be reauthorized, as provided in section 1 of this Act, beyond June 30, [2019.]
2026."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
DLNR; Water Rights; Extension; Holdover
Description:
Makes
conforming amendments to the reporting requirement in Act 126 (2016), which
amended the disposition of water rights under section 171-58(c), Hawaii Revised
Statutes. Extends the repeal and
reenactment provision for Act 126 (2016) by seven years, from June 30, 2019 to
June 30, 2026. (HB1326 HD1)
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