Bill Text: HI SB3001 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 3001 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Water Rights; Holdover Permit

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-17 - The committee on WLA deferred the measure. [SB3001 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SB3001-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	3001
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to water rights.

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

SECTION 1. Section 171-58, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Disposition of water rights may be made by lease at public auction as provided in this chapter or by permit for temporary use on a month-to-month basis under those conditions which will best serve the interests of the State and subject to a maximum term of one year and other restrictions under the law; provided that where an application has been made for a lease under this section to continue a previously authorized disposition of water rights, a holdover permit may be authorized for a holdover period until such time as the pending application for the disposition of such water rights is finally resolved, even if such holdover period may exceed one year; provided further that any disposition by lease shall be subject to disapproval by the legislature by two-thirds vote of either the senate or the house of representatives or by majority vote of both in any regular or special session next following the date of disposition; provided further that after a certain land or water use has been authorized by the board subsequent to public hearings and conservation district use application and environmental impact statement approvals, water used in nonpolluting ways, for nonconsumptive purposes because it is returned to the same stream or other body of water from which it was drawn, essentially not affecting the volume and quality of water or biota in the stream or other body of water, may also be leased by the board with the prior approval of the governor and the prior authorization of the legislature by concurrent resolution."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval and shall apply to all pending and future applications before the board of land and natural resources for the disposition of water rights.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Water Rights; Holdover Permit

Description:

Allows a holdover permit to be issued to an applicant seeking to renew their water rights lease.

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