HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2580

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO RECREATIONAL RENAISSANCE.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§171-    Recreational renaissance special fund.  (a)  There is established in the treasury of the State a special fund to be known as the recreational renaissance special fund, which shall be administered by the department.  The following shall be deposited into the recreational renaissance special fund:

     (1)  Appropriations by the legislature;

     (2)  Moneys from public or private sources, including but not limited to grants, gifts, endowments, and donations, dedicated to recreational areas and facilities designated by the chairperson to be part of the department's recreational renaissance program;

     (3)  Moneys derived from interest and dividends from moneys in the special fund; and

     (4)  Proceeds from sales, rents from leases, licenses, and permits, or other income from other sources generated from recreational areas and facilities designated by the chairperson to be part of the department's recreational renaissance program.

     (b)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the department, through its chairperson, may also at the chairperson's discretion deposit moneys into the recreational renaissance special fund from the following special funds:

     (1)  The special land and development fund established under section 171-19;

     (2)  The state parks special fund established under section 184-3.4; and

     (3)  The boating special fund established under section 248-8;

provided that expenditures of funds transferred shall be consistent with the purposes of the special fund from which the moneys were transferred.

     (c)  The department, through its chairperson, may also deposit reimbursements of federal funds received as grants for the construction, operation, and maintenance of public target ranges under the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. section 669 et seq.) into the recreational renaissance special fund, provided that such funds are expended for the construction, operation, and maintenance of public target ranges.

     (d)  For any projects under the recreational renaissance program paid with state funds by the department that are eligible for federal reimbursement, the federal reimbursement funds may be deposited into the recreational renaissance special fund, to be used for the purposes of the recreational renaissance program of the department.

     (e)  The department may expend moneys from the recreational renaissance special fund for the recreational renaissance program related to:

     (1)  Information technology to support the recreational renaissance program;

     (2)  Payment of principal and interest due on reimbursable general obligation bonds, provided that:

         (A)  The amount of vessel slip fees collected by the department that are allocated to pay debt service on the reimbursable general obligation bonds shall not exceed the amount of debt service attributable to the improvements for navigable water-based recreational facilities in the department's recreational renaissance program; and

         (B)  The amount of park entry fees collected by the department that are allocated to pay debt service on the reimbursable general obligation bonds shall not exceed the amount of debt service attributable to the improvements for land-based recreational facilities in the department's recreational renaissance program;

     (3)  Planning, design, and construction including repairs, replacement, additions, demolitions, entitlements, mitigation, and extensions of new and existing facilities, if necessary;

     (4)  Operation and maintenance costs of the recreational renaissance program of the department; and

     (5)  Land acquisition and related costs."

     SECTION 2.  For any projects paid with state funds by the department of land and natural resources pursuant to Act 118, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, as amended by Act 89, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, as amended by Act 94, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, that are eligible for federal reimbursement, the federal reimbursement funds shall be deposited into the recreational renaissance special fund established by this Act, to be used for the purposes of the recreational renaissance program of the department of land and natural resources.

     SECTION 3.  The recreational renaissance program for navigable water-based facilities and areas (department of land and natural resources-managed boating and ocean recreation facilities, infrastructure, and other navigable water-based recreational facilities, infrastructure, and sites) may include the following improvements: boat ramps, including widening; boat wash-down areas; comfort stations; pavilions; offices; piers; docks; infrastructure improvements (roads, parking lots, water systems, sewer systems, drainage systems, electrical, telephone, lighting, signage, fencing, landscaping, irrigation systems, etc.); breakwater or revetment improvements; dredging; sand by-passing; environmental restoration or mitigation channel markers, mooring and demarcation buoys; ocean recreational facilities; environmental restoration or mitigation; dry dock areas; public safety, security, and enforcement capacity; and other improvements.

     SECTION 4.  The recreational renaissance program for land-based facilities and areas (department of land and natural resources-managed state parks, park reserves, forest reserves, sanctuaries, and other land-based recreational facilities, infrastructure, and sites) may include the following improvements: comfort stations; pavilions; cabins; camping areas; picnic areas; visitor, educational, or ranger station centers; concession facilities; caretaker residences; palace facilities; memorial areas; shoreline stabilization; flood and rockfall mitigation; heiau, fishpond, and rock wall restorations; protective measures at cultural and archaeological sites; dredging; infrastructure improvements (roads, parking lots, bridges, water systems, sewer systems, composting toilets, drainage systems, electrical, telephone, lighting, signage, fencing, gates, landscaping, irrigation systems, etc.); informational or interpretive signage and display devices; climate control systems; lookouts or viewing areas; new trails and trail restorations; boardwalks; shooting ranges; off-highway vehicle trails; marina facilities; pier improvements; waterbird sanctuaries and wetland restoration; master plans and environmental assessments; land acquisition; asset management plan; entry and parking control stations; environmental restoration or mitigation; public safety, security, and enforcement capacity; and other improvements.

     SECTION 5.  There is appropriated out of the recreational renaissance special fund the sum of $1,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for fiscal year 2010-2011 for the purposes of the recreational renaissance program.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 6.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST


 


 

Report Title:

Recreational Renaissance; Special Fund

 

Description:

Establishes the Recreational Renaissance Special Fund to fund improvements and activities related to the Recreational Renaissance Program of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

 

 

 

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