Bill Text: HI SB2370 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public Land; Historic Property; Disposition; Civil Penalties
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-21 - Referred to TEC/WTL, JDL. [SB2370 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2370-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to civil penalties for historic properties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that historic property is a unique and irreplaceable public trust resource. The State as the trustee of the public trust assets, including all historic properties that sit on lands owned by the State, has a duty to ensure that the beneficiaries of the public trust are served in the present and future generations.
The purpose of this Act is to:
(1) Require the department of land and natural resources to ensure that any disposition of historic property will substantially advance the historic preservation interests of the historic property; and
(2) Establish civil penalties for any person in receipt of the disposed historic property who fails to advance the preservation interests of the historic property or comply with the reservations, restrictions, covenants, or conditions relating to the preservation of the historic property.
SECTION 2. Section 6E-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§6E-7 State title to historic property. (a) All historic property located on lands or under waters owned or controlled by the State shall be the property of the State. The control and management of the historic property shall be vested in the department.
(b) [The] Pursuant to chapter 171,
the department may dispose of [the] any historic property [subject
to chapter 171 and subject further to those] or any interest in a
historic property located on lands or under waters owned or controlled by the
State; provided that:
(1) The disposition shall substantially advance the preservation interests of the historic property; and
(2) The historic property shall continue to
be subject to any reservations, restrictions, covenants, or conditions [which]
that relate to the preservation of the historic property, such as rights
of access, public visitation, operation, maintenance, restoration, and repair.
The department shall determine the conditions for any research affecting the historic property and may issue permits for the research.
(c) Any person in receipt of disposed historic property pursuant to subsection (b) who fails to advance the preservation interests of the historic property or comply with the reservations, restrictions, covenants, or conditions relating to the preservation of the historic property shall be fined not less than $500 but no more than $10,000 for each separate violation. Each day of each violation shall be a separate violation.
[(c)] (d) The State shall hold
known burial sites located on lands or under waters owned or controlled by the
State in trust for preservation or proper disposition by the lineal or cultural
descendants.
[(d)] (e) The State shall not
transfer any historic property or aviation artifact under its jurisdiction
without the concurrence of the department, and shall not transfer any burial
site under its jurisdiction without consulting the appropriate island burial
council."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Public Land; Historic Property; Disposition; Civil Penalties
Description:
Requires the department of land and natural resources to ensure that any disposition of historic property will substantially advance the historic preservation interests of the historic property. Establishes civil penalties for any person in receipt of the disposed historic property who fails to advance the preservation interests of the historic property or comply with the reservations, restrictions, covenants, or conditions relating to the preservation of the historic property.
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