Bill Text: HI HB2036 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 2036 (Prior Session Legislation)

HI State Legislature page for HB2036

Bill Title: Conservation District; Permits; Automatic Extension of Decision Deadline

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-07-07 - Act 216, 07/06/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1318). [HB2036 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HB2036-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2036
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 2
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO CONSERVATION DISTRICTS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 183C-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) The department shall render a decision on a completed application for a permit within [~~one-hundred-eighty~~] one hundred eighty days of its acceptance by the department. If within [~~one-hundred-eighty~~] one hundred eighty days after acceptance of a completed application for a permit, the department shall fail to give notice, hold a hearing, and render a decision, the owner may automatically put the owner's land to the use or uses requested in the owner's application. When an environmental impact statement is required pursuant to chapter 343, or when a contested case hearing is requested pursuant to chapter 91, the [~~one-hundred-eighty~~] one hundred eighty days [~~may~~] shall be extended an additional ninety days [~~at the request of the applicant.~~] beyond the time necessary to complete the requirements of chapter 343 or chapter 91. Any request for additional extensions by the applicant shall be subject to the approval of the board."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Conservation District; Permits; Automatic Extension of Decision Deadline

Description:

Establishes an automatic ninety day extension of the conservation district permit decision deadline beyond the time necessary to complete an environmental impact statement or contested case hearing, if required. (HB2036 CD1)

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