Bill Text: HI HB2199 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 2199 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To Fishponds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-11 - Referred to WTL/AEN, WAM. [HB2199 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-HB2199-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2199
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO FISHPONDS.

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

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that loko i�a, or fishponds, play an important role in Hawaiian cultural practices, have an ecologically important role in watersheds, and could significantly contribute to the State's food security goals. The legislature further finds that providing juvenile fish to restock loko i�a through the department of land and natural resources' division of aquatic resources will support ongoing efforts to restore the State's fishponds.

The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to support the department of land and natural resources in restoring and restocking fishponds.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for the department of land and natural resources to:

(1) Provide fingerlings and limu for restoration and restocking of fishponds; and

(2) Establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) aquaculture coordinator biologist VI position.

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

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Fishponds; Restocking; Restoration; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Appropriation

Description:

Appropriates funds to support the department of land and natural resources in restoring and restocking fishponds. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

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