Bill Text: HI SB287 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Procurement; Native Hawaiian Plants
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-18 - (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB287 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB287-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PROCUREMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 103D-408, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§103D-408[] Indigenous]
Native Hawaiian land plants and Polynesian introduced plants; use in
public landscaping. (a) [Wherever and whenever feasible, all] All
plans, designs, and specifications for new or renovated landscaping of any
building, complex of buildings, facility, complex of facilities, highway,
road, or housing developed by the State with public moneys shall
incorporate [indigenous] native Hawaiian land [plant species
as defined in section 195D-2, and plant species brought to Hawaii by
Polynesians before European contact, such as the kukui, noni, and coconut;]
plants; provided that:
(1) Suitable cultivated plants can be made available for this purpose without jeopardizing wild plants in their natural habitat; and
(2) Wherever and whenever possible, [indigenous]
native Hawaiian land plants shall be used for landscaping on the island
or islands on which the species originated.
(b) Each plant or group of plants used pursuant to subsection (a) shall be clearly identified with signs for the edification of the general public.
(c) The timetable for the incorporation of native Hawaiian land plants pursuant to subsection (a) shall be as follows:
(1) By January 1, 2013, native Hawaiian land plants shall constitute ten per cent or more of all plants used; and
(2) By January 1, 2015, native Hawaiian land plants shall constitute twenty per cent or more of all plants used.
(d) For purposes of this section, "native Hawaiian land plants" means any land plant species growing or living naturally in Hawaii without having been brought to Hawaii by humans and any land plant species brought to Hawaii by Polynesians before European contact, such as kukui, noni, and coconut. The term "native Hawaiian land plants" shall not include grass or sod."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
Report Title:
Procurement; Native Hawaiian Plants
Description:
Requires the use of native Hawaiian plants in place of indigenous land plants for certain landscaping projects under the Hawaii public procurement code. Specifies graduated time line for planting by percentage of all plants used. Excludes grass and sod. (SD1)
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