Bill Text: HI HB2417 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Commission On Water Resource Management.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-26 - Referred to WAL/HSG, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3 [HB2417 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB2417-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
Section 2. Section 174C-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:
"(a) There is established within the department a
commission on water resource management consisting of [seven] eight
members which shall have exclusive jurisdiction and final authority in all
matters relating to implementation and administration of the state water code,
except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.
(b) Five members shall be appointed by the
governor subject to confirmation by the senate in the manner prescribed in
subsection (d). Each [member] of
these five members shall have substantial experience in the area of water
resource management; provided that at least one member shall have substantial
experience or expertise in traditional Hawaiian water resource management
techniques and in traditional Hawaiian riparian usage such as those preserved
by section 174C-101. The chairperson of
the board of land and natural resources shall be the chairperson of the
commission. The director of health and
the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission or [the director's
designee] their respective designees shall serve as [an] ex
officio[[],[]] voting [member.] members."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Commission on Water Resource Management; Membership
Description:
Adds the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission or the Chairperson's designee to the Commission on Water Resource Management. Increases number of commission members from seven to eight, with only five of eight required to have substantial experience in water resource management.
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