HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, & OCEAN RESOURCES

Rep. Ken Ito, Chair

Rep. Sharon E. Har, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Rida Cabanilla

Rep. Sylvia Luke

Rep. Jerry L. Chang

Rep. Hermina M. Morita

Rep. Pono Chong

Rep. Roland D. Sagum, III

Rep. Denny Coffman

Rep. Corinne W.L. Ching

Rep. Robert N. Herkes

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Chris Lee

 

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Monday, March 23, 2009

TIME:

9:30 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

Amended to delete SB 715 and SB 579, SD2, HD1

 

SB 1088, SD2

(SSCR775)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS.

Amends definition of obstruction for access to public property.  Creates a private right of action for a person to enforce the prohibition of obstruction.  (SD2)

 

WLO, JUD

SB 521, SD2

(SSCR707)

Status

RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY.

Requires the registrar of the bureau of conveyances to provide, within 10 days and free of charge, an image and index of all instruments that contain real property transactions each week to the administrator of the city and county of Honolulu's real property assessment division.  (SD2)

 

WLO, FIN

SB 522, SD2

(SSCR844)

Status

RELATING TO LAND COURT.

Requires the assistant registrar of the land court to provide, within 10 days, or as soon thereafter as possible in case of computer malfunction, and free of charge, an image and index of all instruments that contain real property transactions each week to the administrator of the city and county of Honolulu's real property assessment division.  (SD2)

 

WLO, FIN

SB 1113, SD1

(SSCR563)

Status

RELATING TO GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATIONS ON TIME SHARES.

Repeals the requirement that time share units in an existing hotel in a county with a population in excess of 500,000 are required to contain at least 60 units at least 40% of which are to be made available for sale or rental as residential apartments.  (SD1)

 

WLO

SB 1645, SD1

(SSCR742)

Status

RELATING TO STATE BUILDING CODE.

Directs the state building code council to review studies and structural tests of bamboo as a construction material, and to recommend standards and criteria for the use of bamboo as an accepted construction material.  (SD1)

 

WLO, CPC

SB 715

(SSCR24)

Status

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the Statewide Transportation Council to comply with county transportation and general plans, to the extent it does not impact federal funds, in the preparation of the statewide transportation plan for projected transportation needs for a six-year period.

 

TRN, WLO

SB 579, SD2, HD1

(HSCR1069)

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.

Requires that all letterheads, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions include both state languages.  Effective 01/01/2050.  (SB579 HD1)

 

HAW, WLO/JUD, FIN

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

DECISION MAKING ONLY ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURES:

Previously heard on Monday, March 16, 2009.

No public testimony will be accepted.

 

 

SB 1141, SD2

(SSCR808)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to offer for sale or exchange to leaseholders parcels of Sand Island.  (SD2)

 

WLO, FIN

SB 1318, SD1

(SSCR764)

Status

RELATING TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Repeals the chapters relating to coastal zone management and state planning, and transfers the authority and functions of the office of planning to DBEDT.  (SD1)

 

WLO, FIN

-SB 468, SD1

(SSCR28)

Status

RELATING TO COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT.

Requires affected agencies to account for sea level rise and minimize risks from coastal hazards such as erosion, storm inundation, hurricanes, and tsunamis.  Preserves public access and public shoreline access.  Extends shoreline setback to not less than forty feet from shoreline and requires counties to account for annual erosion rates.  (SD1)

 

WLO, JUD

SB 580, SD2

(SSCR783)

Status

RELATING TO FORFEITURE.

Clarifies that the forfeiture laws apply to violations of conservation and resources statutes and rules and to the protection of caves, historic preservation, and the Kaho‘olawe island reserve.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

WLO, JUD

SB 378, SD1

(SSCR450)

Status

RELATING TO FISHING.

Establishes a fishing bag limit and size restrictions for Maui for uhu and goatfish.  (SD1)

 

WLO, JUD

SB 636, SD1

(SSCR470)

Status

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Makes housekeeping amendments to section 502-33, HRS, relating to the circumstances under which an instrument requiring a reference to a prior recorded instrument may be recorded, and to section 502-41, HRS, relating to certificate of acknowledgement for instruments filed with the DLNR.  (SD1)

 

WLO, JUD

 

 

 

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Rep. Ken Ito

Chair