Bill Text: HI SB966 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Public Lands.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. [SB966 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB966-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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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 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 that are set aside by the governor to the Hawaii public housing authority and lands to which the Hawaii public housing authority in its corporate capacity holds title;
[(8)] (9) 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)] (10) 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)] (11) 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; and
[(11)] (12) Lands to which the
high technology development corporation in its corporate capacity 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. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Public Lands; Hawaii Public Housing Authority Lands Exemption
Description:
Exempts lands that are set aside by the governor to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and lands to which Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title from the definition of "public lands" in section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
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