Bill Text: HI SB492 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Instream Uses of Water
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-22 - (S) The committee on WTL deferred the measure. [SB492 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB492-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO WATER.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 174C-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Five members shall be appointed by
the governor subject to confirmation by the senate, in a manner prescribed in
subsection (d). One member shall be appointed from each of the counties and
the remainder shall be appointed at large. Each member shall have
substantial experience in the area of water resource management; provided that
at least one member shall have substantial experience or expertise in
traditional Hawaiian water resource management techniques and in traditional
Hawaiian riparian usage such as those preserved by section 174C-101[.];
provided further that at least one member
shall be a person who owns or is primarily employed by a farming operation, as
defined in section 165-2. The chairperson of the board of land and
natural resources shall be the chairperson of the commission. The director of
health shall serve as an ex officio voting member."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:
Commission on Water Resource Management
Description:
Requires that the commission on water resource management include one member from each county and that at least one member be a farmer. (SD1)
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