2009 Legislative Proposals
House Bill 1131
Senate Bill 0949
RELATING TO RECREATIONAL RENAISSANCE is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would provide funding and the policy tools which enable the Department of Land and Natural Resources to upgrade and maintain the state parks, trails and ocean recreational facilities at world class levels and to protect the precious natural resources of the State.
House Bill 1132
Senate Bill 0950
RELATING TO ELECTRIC GUNS is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would authorize law enforcement officers of the Department of Public Safety and conservation and resources enforcement officers of the Department of Land and Natural Resources to use electric guns and related equipment while performing their duties.
House Bill 1133
Senate Bill 0951
RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCE VIOLATIONS is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would expand the authorization of the State Parks and Commercial Fisheries Special Funds and the Special Land and Development Fund to: (1) Allow for deposits of criminal and civil penalties, fines, and other administrative charges collected, and (2) Expend moneys for restoration or mitigation of damage to natural or cultural resources, public education and outreach, and enforcement efforts.
House Bill 1134
Senate Bill 0952
RELATING TO RIGHTS OF INSPECTION OF AQUATIC LIFE is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would authorize inspection of coolers and containers capable of holding aquatic life, or boats, vehicles or conveyances to transport aquatic life for the purposes of compliance with the State's fishing laws.
House Bill 1135
Senate Bill 0953
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES FOR THE DAMAGING OR BREAKING OF STONY CORAL AND LIVE ROCK is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would increase the maximum fine for violations concerning damages or breakage of stony coral and live rock.
House Bill 1136
Senate Bill 0954
RELATING TO PHOTOGRAPHS OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would change the requirement for archival photographs for permits allowing the demolition, construction, or other alteration of a historic building to photographs in any format, including electronic for buildings eligible for listing on the Hawaii or National Register of Historic Places.
House Bill 1137
Senate Bill 0955
RELATING TO FILINGS IN THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would authorize the Bureau of Conveyances to accept electronic instruments in lieu of original instruments with original signatures.
House Bill 1138
Senate Bill 0956
RELATING TO COPIES IN THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would clarify the authority of the Bureau of Conveyances on accepting copies of documents.
House Bill 1139
Senate Bill 0957
RELATING TO THE LAND COURT SYSTEM is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would deregister fee simple time share interest from the Land Court System; and to provide the option for all landowners to transfer their properties from Land Court to the Regular System of the Bureau of Conveyances.
House Bill 1140
Senate Bill 0958
RELATING TO LAND FAILURE is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would require precautionary actions imposed by the counties for development in potentially hazardous areas; remove the liability of landowners regarding natural conditions on their land that cause damage outside the land; and give government agencies the authority to mitigate or require mitigation of land failure hazards on private property.
House Bill 1141
Senate Bill 0959
RELATING TO THRILL CRAFT OPERATION is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would authorize government personnel conducting operations approved by the Department of Land and Natural Resources (Department) and film permit holders involved in film production conducting operation approved by the Department to operate thrill crafts in non-designated areas.
House Bill 1142
Senate Bill 0960
RELATING TO ABANDONED VESSELS is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would clarify the responsibility for disposing of any abandoned vessel within the State.
House Bill 1143
Senate Bill 0961
RELATING TO HUNTING is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would authorize the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Land and Natural Resources to make certain decisions and changes relating to hunting issues without adopting rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
House Bill 1144
Senate Bill 0962
RELATING TO CONSERVATION OF THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would encourage greater participation in endangered species restoration by private landowners by authorizing the development and use of programmatic safe harbor agreements and programmatic habitat conservation plans and the tools needed to implement them.
House Bill 1145
Senate Bill 0963
RELATING TO REMNANT LANDS is an Administrative proposal referred to your Committee that would repeal the requirement that no remnant shall be sold by the State to any abutting owner unless the remnant, when combined or consolidated with the abutting property, shall constitute a lot acceptable to the appropriate agency of the county; and authorize the proceeds from sales of remnants to be deposited into the Land Conservation Fund.
