Bill Text: HI HB2626 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Fishponds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-04-19 - Transmitted to Governor. [HB2626 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB2626-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO FISHPONDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 171-28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§171-28 Government-owned Hawaiian fishponds; sale prohibition. (a) The board may investigate and develop scientific commercial management practices for government-owned Hawaiian fishponds and reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, and stock the fishponds; and expend moneys from the special land and development fund. All revenues derived from any government-owned Hawaiian fishpond shall be deposited in the fund.
(b) The board may lease government-owned Hawaiian
fishponds with legislative authorization as provided under section 171-53(c);
provided that in lieu of legislative authorization, the board may lease [such]
fishponds if:
(1) A public hearing is conducted on the proposed lease on the island where the fishpond is located;
(2) The board finds that the proposed lease does not cause a substantial adverse environmental or ecological impact on the fishpond or surrounding area; and
(3) The proposed lease is not in violation of applicable federal, state, or county laws.
(c) For lease of a government-owned Hawaiian
fishpond, the board shall find:
(1) That the
applicant has provided a management plan demonstrating the use and knowledge of
traditional native Hawaiian practices and protocols as the primary component of
the applicant's tenancy, including kilo, kiaʻi loko, and uhau humu pōhaku (for rock walled
fishponds); and
(2) The proposed
lease does not cause a substantial adverse environmental or ecological impact
on the fishpond or surrounding areas.
[(c)]
(d) Any law to the contrary
notwithstanding, the board may not sell the fee interest in public lands on
which government-owned Hawaiian fishponds are located."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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, 3000.
Report Title:
Loko Iʻa; Hawaiian Fishponds; Board of Land and Natural Resources
Description:
Specifies certain findings the Board of Land and Natural Resources must make for a lease of a government-owned Hawaiian fishpond. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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