Hawaii House Bill 1722 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-26 - Referred to AGR/WAL, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2
Pending: House Agriculture Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes within the Department of Agriculture, an Aquacultural Area Lease Program for the purpose of identifying state facilities, state lands, and state marine waters that are suitable for use as commercial agricultural areas and leasing them to be used for aquaculture. Allows agencies having control and management of identified aquacultural areas to lease the facilities, lands, and waters to the Department of Agriculture for the purposes of the Act. Allows the program to use the moneys in the Aquaculture Development Special Fund to carry out the purposes of the Act and requires the revenues obtained from aquacultural area leases to be deposited into the special fund. Imposes penalties and civil and criminal liabilities. Exempts the program from being subject to the Hawaii Ocean and Submerged Lands Leasing Act.

Relating To Aquaculture.

Rep. Mark Hashem [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-26	House	Referred to AGR/WAL, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2
2022-01-24	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2022-01-21	House	Pending introduction.

SB2174 (Same As) 2022-02-18 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1722&year=2022
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB1722_.HTM