REPORT TITLE:
LUC; Boundary Changes


DESCRIPTION:
Increases the threshold for land use boundary changes under the
land use commission from 15 to 50 acres.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2551
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE LAND USE COMMISSION.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 205-3.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsections (a), (b) and (c) to read as
 
 3 follows:
 
 4      "(a)  District boundary amendments involving land areas
 
 5 greater than [fifteen] fifty acres shall be processed by the land
 
 6 use commission pursuant to section 205-4.
 
 7      (b)  Any department or agency of the State, and department
 
 8 or agency of the county in which the land is situated, or any
 
 9 person with a property interest in the land sought to be
 
10 reclassified may petition the appropriate county land use
 
11 decision-making authority of the county in which the land is
 
12 situated for a change in the boundary of a district involving
 
13 lands less than [fifteen] fifty acres presently in the
 
14 agricultural, rural, and urban districts.
 
15      (c)  District boundary amendments involving land areas of
 
16 [fifteen] fifty acres or less, except in conservation districts,
 
17 shall be determined by the appropriate county land use decision-
 
18 making authority for said district and shall not require
 
19 consideration by the land use commission pursuant to section
 

 
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 1 205-4.  District boundary amendments involving land areas of
 
 2 [fifteen] fifty acres or less in conservation districts shall be
 
 3 processed by the land use commission pursuant to section 205-4.
 
 4 The appropriate county land use decision-making authority may
 
 5 consolidate proceedings to amend state land use district
 
 6 boundaries pursuant to this subsection, with county proceedings
 
 7 to amend the general plan, development plan, zoning of the
 
 8 affected land or such other proceedings.  Appropriate ordinances
 
 9 and rules to allow consolidation of such proceedings may be
 
10 developed by the county land use decision-making authority."
 
11      SECTION 2.  Section 205-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
12 amended by amending the title and subsection (a) to read as
 
13 follows:
 
14      "�205-4  Amendments to district boundaries involving land
 
15 areas greater than [fifteen] fifty acres.(a)  Any department or
 
16 agency of the State, any department or agency of the county in
 
17 which the land is situated, or any person with a property
 
18 interest in the land sought to be reclassified, may petition the
 
19 land use commission for a change in the boundary of a district.
 
20 This section applies to all petitions for changes in district
 
21 boundaries of lands within conservation districts and all
 
22 petitions for changes in district boundaries involving lands
 

 
 
 
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 1 greater than [fifteen] fifty acres in the agricultural, rural,
 
 2 and urban districts, except as provided in section 201G-118[.];
 
 3 provided that petitions for changes in district boundaries
 
 4 involving lands less than fifty acres shall be made in counties
 
 5 that delegate its zoning authority to a planning commission.  The
 
 6 land use commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to
 
 7 implement section 201G-118."
 
 8      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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12                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________