Bill Text: HI SB2922 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Aquaculture Leases; Limitations; Land-Based
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-27 - (S) Referred to WLH/AGL. [SB2922 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2922-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to aquaculture.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 171-59, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Disposition of public lands for airline, aircraft, airport-related, agricultural processing, cattle feed production, aquaculture, marine, maritime, and maritime-related operations may be negotiated without regard to the limitations set forth in subsection (a) and section 171-16(c); provided that:
(1) The disposition encourages competition within the aeronautical, airport-related, agricultural, aquaculture, maritime, and maritime-related operations;
(2) The disposition shall not exceed a maximum term of thirty-five years, except in the case of:
(A) Maritime and maritime-related operations, which may provide for a maximum term of seventy years; and
(B) [Aquaculture] Land-based
aquaculture operations, which may provide for a maximum term of sixty-five
years; provided that land-based aquaculture operations in good standing
may seek to renew a lease issued under this section and, during the lease term,
may engage in supportive activities that are related to or integrated with
aquaculture; and
(3) The method of disposition of public lands for cattle feed production as set forth in this subsection shall not apply after December 31, 1988.
For the purposes of this subsection:
"Agricultural processing" means the processing of agricultural products, including dairying, grown, raised, or produced in Hawaii.
"Airport-related" means a purpose or activity that requires air transportation to achieve that purpose or activity.
["Aquaculture"] "Land-based
aquaculture" means the on-land propagation, cultivation, or
farming of aquatic plants and animals in controlled or selected environments
for research, commercial, or stocking purposes, including aquaponics or any
growing of plants or animals with aquaculture effluents[.], and does
not include aquaculture conducted in the ocean.
"Maritime-related" means a purpose or activity that requires and is directly related to the loading, off-loading, storage, or distribution of goods and services of the maritime industry."
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.
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Report Title:
Aquaculture Leases; Limitations; Land-Based
Description:
Limits 65 year leases of public lands for aquaculture to land-based aquaculture.
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