HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2666
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to agricultural land.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 173A-2.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§173A-2.6[]]  Land acquisition priorities.  In advising the department and the board, the commission shall give the following lands priority in its recommendations for acquisitions:

     (1)  Lands having exceptional value due to the presence of:

         (A)  Unique aesthetic resources;

         (B)  Unique and valuable cultural or archaeological resources; [or]

         (C)  Habitats for threatened or endangered species of flora, fauna, or aquatic resources; or

         (D)  Agricultural production or dedicated agricultural infrastructure;

     (2)  Lands that are in imminent danger of development;

     (3)  Lands that are in imminent danger of being modified, changed, or used in a manner to diminish its value;

     (4)  Lands providing critical habitats for threatened or endangered species that are in imminent danger of being harmed or negatively impacted;

     (5)  Lands containing cultural or archaeological sites or resources that are in danger of theft or destruction; [and]

     (6)  Lands that are unique and productive agricultural lands[.]; and

     (7)  Agricultural lands that are reviewed and approved for easement funding by the agribusiness development corporation; provided that these lands shall have first priority for funding from the land conservation fund."

     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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

Agricultural Land; Land Conservation Fund

 

Description:

Includes lands with the presence of agricultural production or dedicated agricultural infrastructure as a priority land for public acquisition.  Authorizes agricultural lands that are reviewed and approved for easement funding by the ADC to have first priority for funding from the land conservation fund.

 

 

 

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