Bill Text: HI SB710 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Public Lands.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-15 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SB710 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB710-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to public lands.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§171-2 Definition of public lands. "Public lands" means all lands or
interest therein in the State classed as government or crown lands previous to
August 15, 1895, or acquired or reserved by the government upon or subsequent
to that date by purchase, exchange, escheat, or the exercise of the right of
eminent domain, or in any other manner; including lands accreted after May 20,
2003, and not otherwise awarded, submerged lands, and lands beneath tidal
waters that are suitable for reclamation, together with reclaimed lands that
have been given the status of public lands under this chapter, except:
(1) Lands designated in section 203 of the
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended;
(2) Lands set aside pursuant to law for the use of
the United States;
(3) Lands being used for roads and streets;
(4) Lands to which the United States relinquished
the absolute fee and ownership under section 91 of the Hawaiian Organic Act
prior to the admission of Hawaii as a state of the United States unless
subsequently placed under the control of the board of land and natural
resources and given the status of public lands in accordance with the state
constitution, the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, or other
laws;
(5) Lands to which the University of Hawaii holds
title;
(6) Lands that are set aside by the governor to
the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation, lands leased to the
Hawaii housing finance and development corporation by any department or agency
of the State, or lands to which the Hawaii housing finance and development
corporation in its corporate capacity holds title;
(7) Lands to which the Hawaii community
development authority in its corporate capacity holds title;
(8) Lands to which the department of agriculture
holds title by way of foreclosure, voluntary surrender, or otherwise, to
recover moneys loaned or to recover debts otherwise owed the department under
chapter 167;
(9) Lands that are set aside by the governor to
the Aloha Tower development corporation; lands leased to the Aloha Tower
development corporation by any department or agency of the State; or lands to
which the Aloha Tower development corporation holds title in its corporate
capacity;
(10) Lands that are set aside by the governor to
the agribusiness development corporation; lands leased to the agribusiness
development corporation by any department or agency of the State; or lands to
which the agribusiness development corporation in its corporate capacity holds
title;
(11) Lands to which the Hawaii technology
development corporation in its corporate capacity holds title; and
(12) Lands to which the department of education
holds title;
provided that, except as otherwise limited under federal law and except for state land used as an airport as defined in section 262-1, public lands shall include the air rights over any portion of state land upon which a county mass transit project is developed after July 11, 2005."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Public Lands; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation
Description:
Clarifies that lands set aside to the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation by the governor or leased to the corporation by other state departments and agencies are exempt from the definition of "public lands".
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