Bill Text: HI SB609 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-02 - (S) The committee(s) on WLH/HWN deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-03-11 1:15PM in conference room 225. [SB609 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB609-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 6K-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§6K-5 Commission. (a) There is
established the Kaho‘olawe
island reserve commission to be placed within the department of land and
natural resources for administrative purposes as provided in section 26-35.
The commission shall consist of [seven] five members to be appointed in
the manner and to serve for the terms provided in section 26-34; provided that:
(1) [One member shall be a member of the Protect
Kaho‘olawe
Ohana;
(2)] Two members shall be appointed by the
governor [from a list provided by the Protect Kaho‘olawe Ohana;] in
consultation with native Hawaiian organizations;
[(3)] (2) One member shall be a trustee
or representative of the office of Hawaiian affairs;
[(4)] (3) One member shall be a county
official appointed by the governor from a list provided by the mayor of the
county of Maui; and
[(5)] (4) One member shall be the
chairperson of the board of land and natural resources[; and
(6) One member shall be appointed by the
governor from a list provided by native Hawaiian organizations].
(b) The governor shall appoint the chairperson from among the members of the commission.
(c) The members of the commission shall serve without pay but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in carrying out their duties.
(d) Any action taken by the commission shall
be approved by a simple majority of its members. [Four] Three
members shall constitute a quorum to do business.
(e) No member shall be reappointed to the commission within four years from the last day of the member's service immediately preceding the reappointment to the commission.
[(e)] (f) The commission, without regard
to the requirements of chapter 76, may hire employees necessary to perform its
duties."
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.
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Report Title:
Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission
Description:
Reduces the number of members of the Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission from seven to five. Requires certain members to be selected in consultation with native Hawaiian organizations. Requires 4-year wait before reappointments to the commission.
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