Bill Text: HI SB699 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Office of Environmental Quality Control; Fees; Special Fund
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-13 - (H) Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 747). [SB699 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB699-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the office of environmental quality control.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the office of environmental quality control is greatly understaffed, and, as a result, struggles to fulfill its duty to ensure environmental protection in Hawaii.
The purpose of this Act is to establish fees to help fund the activities of the office of environmental quality control.
SECTION 2. Chapter 341, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new sections to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§341-A Environmental review special fund; use of funds. (a) There is established in the state treasury the environmental review special fund, into which shall be deposited:
(1) All filing fees and other administrative fees collected by the office;
(2) Moneys collected pursuant to section 341-B;
(3) All accrued interest from the special fund; and
(4) Moneys appropriated to the special fund by the legislature.
(b) Moneys in the environmental review special fund shall not supplant the office budget base, or any portion thereof, and shall be used to:
(1) Fund the activities of the office and the council in fulfillment of their duties pursuant to this chapter and chapter 343, including administrative, staffing, and office expenses and servicing of agency documents relating to the environmental review process;
(2) Support outreach, training, education, and research programs pursuant to section 341-4; and
(3) Modernize technology, maintain technology systems, and develop technology training programs within the limits established by section 341-B.
§341-B Fees. (a) The office, in consultation with the council, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to establish filing fees and any other fees necessary for the administration and management of the office and the council.
(b) The office shall collect interim filing fees from all applicants, including state and county agencies, required to file environmental review documents pursuant to chapter 343.
Until superseded by rules adopted by the office, the interim filing fees shall be:
(1) $1,500 for a draft environmental assessment;
(2) $1,000 for a final environmental assessment;
(3) $500 for an environmental impact statement publication notice;
(4) $4,000 for a draft environmental impact statement;
(5) $3,000 for a final environmental impact statement;
(6) $500 for any supplemental environmental assessment; and
(7) $1,000 for any supplemental environmental impact statement;
(c) The office shall waive the filing fees required by this section for an applicant who demonstrates that:
(1) The cost of the proposed action does not exceed $500,000;
(2) The applicant's annual revenue does not exceed $1,000,000; and
(3) The applicant has fewer than ten employees."
SECTION 3. In codifying the new sections added by section 1 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in this Act.
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2011.
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Report Title:
Office of Environmental Quality Control; Fees; Special Fund
Description:
Establishes filing fees to help fund operations of the OEQC. Creates special fund.
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