Bill Text: HI SR182 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Agriculture To Update Lease Agreements For Lands Used Pursuant To Act 90, Session Laws Of Hawaii 2003, Hold Public Hearings To Review And Update Leases Related To The Management Of Existing Non-agricultural Park Lands, And Submit Reports Regarding Any Updated Leases And Lands Transferred, And Not Yet Transferred, Pursuant To Act 90.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-10 - Referred to AEN/WTL. [SR182 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-SR182-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	182
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

Requesting the department of agriculture to update lease agreements for lands used pursuant to act 90, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, hold public hearings to review and update leases related to the management of existing non-agricultural park lands, and submit reports regarding any updated leases and lands transferred, and not yet transferred, pursuant to act 90.

 

 

     WHEREAS, article XI, section 10, of the Hawaii State Constitution states that "public lands shall be used for the development of farm and home ownership on as widespread a basis as possible, in accordance with procedures and limitations prescribed by law"; and

 

     WHEREAS, prior to 2003, the Department of Land and Natural Resources was responsible for all public lands, including those used for agricultural purposes; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture has the expertise and necessary resources to manage lands used for agricultural purposes and works with the agricultural community on a daily basis on various issues relating to agriculture; and

 

     WHEREAS, Act 90, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, established the procedures to transfer the management of certain public lands that are available to be used for agricultural purposes from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture; and

 

     WHEREAS, the purpose of Act 90, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003 (Act 90), is to ensure the long-term productive use of public lands leased or available to be leased by the Department of Land and Natural Resources for agricultural purposes by allowing these lands to be transferred to and managed by the Department of Agriculture; and

 

     WHEREAS, section 166E-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, authorizes the Department of Agriculture to negotiate and enter into leases with certain individuals to lease lands that are used for agricultural purposes; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture has been derelict in its duties prescribed by Act 90; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2020, that the Department of Agriculture is requested to update lease agreements for lands used pursuant to Act 90, to further the intended purpose of Act 90 of ensuring the long-term use of public lands for agricultural purposes; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Agriculture, Board of Agriculture, and Board of Land and Natural Resources is requested to hold a public hearing to review and update the leases related to the management of existing non-agricultural park lands pursuant to Act 90; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Agriculture is requested to submit a report on the status of entering into an updated lease agreement from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2021; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, is requested to submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2021 on their efforts to comply with this Concurrent Resolution; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report include:

 

     (1)  A list of all lands transferred pursuant to this Concurrent Resolution;

 

     (2)  A list of all lands that have not yet been transferred pursuant to Act 90 and an explanation why each of those lands have not been transferred; and

     (3)  Proposed legislation, if necessary; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Department of Agriculture; Non-agricultural Park Lands; Leases