Bill Text: HI HB621 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Disposition Of Water Rights.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [HB621 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB621-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF WATER RIGHTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 171-58, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
"(h) This section shall not apply to the
disposition of water rights for the instream use of water for traditional and
customary kalo cultivation practices[.] or commercial kalo
cultivation conducted in a manner consistent with traditional and customary
practices of Native Hawaiians."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Water Rights; Commercial Kalo Farming; Native Hawaiian Practices; Exemptions
Description:
Exempts the instream use of water for commercial kalo cultivation conducted in a manner consistent with traditional and customary practices of Native Hawaiians from the existing process for the disposition of water rights.
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