THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2020
Senator Kaiali‘i Kahele, Chair |
Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice Chair |
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair |
Senator Glenn Wakai, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020 |
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1:30 P.M. |
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Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
RELATING TO BEES. Requires any public facility or entity that receives state or county funding and discovers a beehive or swarm on its property to contract with a beekeeper for removal and destroy the beehive only as a last resort.
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WTL/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COMMISSION. Establishes an ecosystem restoration commission to identify lands for environmental remediation and return ownership and control of those lands to the State, a county, or other entity.
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WTL/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO BOATING REPORTS. Requires the fire chief and the ocean safety director of each county, in addition to the Director of Public Safety and the police chief of each county, to transmit to the Department of Land and Natural Resources a copy of every report relating to boating accidents or the theft, loss, or recovery of vessels. Requires all reports submitted pursuant to section 200-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be unredacted.
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WTL/PSM, WAM |
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RELATING TO TRAILS. Requires government entities that engage in search and rescue operations to seek reimbursement when the rescued person required search and rescue efforts because that person acted in disregard of that person's safety, including intentionally disregarding a warning or notice. Increases the penalty for unlawfully entering or remaining on a trail that has been closed to the public.
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WTL/PSM, JDC |
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RELATING TO WATER. Specifies that fire safety use is a beneficial use of water. Requires the department of land and natural resources to work with the county governments, Hawaii emergency management agency, and owners to use reservoir water for fire safety.
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WTL/PSM, JDC |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS. Provides that where public access is required as a condition of a subdivision, either the county must accept dedication of and maintain the access or identify an entity to own and maintain the access. Authorizes the county to require the subdivider to establish a stewardship fund for maintenance purposes.
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PSM/WTL, WAM |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Clarence K. Nishihara Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Kaiali'i Kahele Chair |
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