Bill Text: HI HB2530 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Renewable Energy Producers
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-29 - (H) Re-referred to WLO/EEP, JUD, referral sheet 10 [HB2530 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2530-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 171-95.3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§171-95.3. Renewable energy producers; lease of public lands without public auction. (a) The board may lease or renew a lease of public lands to renewable energy producers, as defined in section 171-95, without public auction only pursuant to a public process that includes public notice under section 1-28.5 providing other interested renewable energy producers opportunity to participate in the process; provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the board from conducting direct negotiations; provided further that the renewable energy producer shall be required to submit as part of the proposal for the board's evaluation, as assisted by the department of business, economic development, and tourism, the following:
(1) A timeline for completion of the project;
(2) A description of a financial plan for project financing;
(3) A description of the conceptual design of the project;
(4) A description of the business concept for the project; and
(5) A description of landscape and acreage requirements including public and private lands.
This information shall be exempt from the requirements of chapter 92F and shall be treated as confidential, proprietary records.
Upon completion of the board's evaluation and determination to award or not award a lease to a renewable energy producer, the board shall prepare a report outlining the reasons for the decision.
(b) A lease to a renewable energy producer under this section shall not result in the involuntary termination of a lease of public land held by an existing lessee who is currently in compliance with the terms of the lease.
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To inform the public prior to the lease of public land or the renewal of a
lease of public land for a proposed renewable energy project under this
section, the department of land and natural resources shall conduct [not
less than two]a public hearing[s on the island where the
public land to be leased for] as part of its regularly scheduled
meetings or as a separate hearing on the proposed renewable energy project[
is located]; provided that the notice of the hearing shall be published as
provided in section 1-28.5. The board shall prepare and distribute an outline
of the proposals for the renewable energy project and receive testimony from
interested parties and the general public[at each public hearing].
[(d)
Any action taken by the board upon a proposal subject to this section shall
take place on the island where the public land to be leased for the proposed renewable
energy project is located.
(e)](d)
For any lease issued pursuant to this section, the renewable energy producer
shall have the right of first refusal upon renewal of the lease."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored and bracketed language is deleted.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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By Request |
Report Title:
Renewable Energy Producers
Description:
Allows the Board of Land and Natural Resources to consider a renewable energy land lease as part of its customary public meeting schedule, avoiding the expense and delay of duplicative public hearings and allows proprietary business information regarding the land lease to remain confidential.
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