Bill Text: HI SB616 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public Landscaping; Native Hawaiian Plants
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB616 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB616-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to plants in public landscaping.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 103D-408, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§103D-408[]] [Indigenous]
Native Hawaiian and Polynesian introduced plants; use in public
landscaping. (a) [Wherever and whenever feasible, all] All
plans, designs, and specifications for new or renovated landscaping of any
building, complex of buildings, facility, complex of facilities, [or]
housing, or highway and road construction and improvement projects
developed by the State with public moneys shall incorporate [indigenous land
plant species as defined in section 195D-2, and plant species brought to Hawaii
by Polynesians before European contact, such as the kukui, noni, and coconut;]
native Hawaiian land plants; provided that:
(1) Suitable cultivated plants can be made available for this purpose without jeopardizing wild plants in their natural habitat; and
(2) Wherever and whenever possible, [indigenous]
native Hawaiian plants shall be used for landscaping on the island or
islands on which the species originated.
(b) Each plant or group of plants used pursuant to subsection (a) shall be clearly identified with signs for the edification of the general public.
(c) For purposes of this section, "native Hawaiian land plants" means any land plant species growing or living naturally in Hawaii without having been brought to Hawaii by humans and any land plant species brought to Hawaii by Polynesians before European contact, such as kukui, noni, and coconut."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:
Public Landscaping; Native Hawaiian Plants
Description:
Requires use of native Hawaiian plants in public landscaping; defines "native Hawaiian" plants.
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