Bill Text: HI SB2604 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Commission On Water Resource Management.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-24 - Referred to WTL, JDC. [SB2604 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2604-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the commission on water resource management.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that decisions made by the commission on water resource management are required to incorporate and protect adequate reserves of water for current and foreseeable development and use of Hawaiian homelands.
The purpose of this Act is to add the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission, or the chairperson's designee, to the commission on water resource management as an ex officio member.
SECTION 2. Section 174C-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(a) There is established within the department a
commission on water resource management consisting of [seven] eight
members which shall have exclusive jurisdiction and final authority in all
matters relating to implementation and administration of the state water code,
except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.
(b)
Five members shall be appointed by the governor subject to confirmation
by the senate in the manner prescribed in subsection (d). Each [member] of these five members
shall have substantial experience in the area of water resource management;
provided that at least one member shall have substantial experience or
expertise in traditional Hawaiian water resource management techniques and in
traditional Hawaiian riparian usage such as those preserved by section
174C-101. The chairperson of the board
of land and natural resources shall be the chairperson of the commission. The director of health and the chairperson
of the Hawaiian homes commission or [the director's designee] their
respective designee shall serve as [an] ex officio[[],[]]
voting [member.] members."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Commission on Water Resource Management; Membership
Description:
Adds the chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the chairperson's designee to the Commission on Water Resource Management as an ex officio voting member. Increases the number of commission members from seven to eight.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
