Bill Text: HI SB1153 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Agricultural District; Permitted Uses; Educational Appurtenances

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB1153 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB1153-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 414

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1153

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 1153 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the permitted uses of land within the agricultural district with soil classifications of A or B to include educational facilities and agricultural appurtenances.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by Kamehameha Schools.  Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by the Department of Agriculture and Hawaii Thousand Friends.  Comments on this measure were submitted by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism and the City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting.  Written testimony presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that enabling a farming operation in an agricultural district with soil classifications of A or B to provide the community and children with an educational opportunity is a tremendous benefit for our society.  Your Committee also finds that preserving Hawaii's farming tradition and culture through education in a manner that does not interfere with the surrounding environment is a win-win situation.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting educational facilities as a permitted use of the agricultural land;

 

     (2)  Allowing educational appurtenances of a farming operation to be a permitted use on the agricultural land; and

 

     (3)  Adding agricultural education programs conducted on a farming operation as defined in section 165-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the education and participation of the general public as a permitted use of the agricultural land.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1153, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1153, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

 

		____________________________ CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair