Report Title:

Accreted Lands; Public Notice

Description:

Requires the Office of Environmental Quality Control to publish notices of beachfront accretion applications.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

85

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO ACCRETED LANDS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 343-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) The office shall inform the public of:

(1) A public comment process or public hearing if a federal agency provides for the public comment process or public hearing to process a habitat conservation plan, safe harbor agreement, or incidental take license pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act;

(2) A proposed habitat conservation plan or proposed safe harbor agreement, and availability for inspection of the proposed agreement, plan, and application to enter into a planning process for the preparation and implementation of the habitat conservation plan for public review and comment; [and]

(3) A proposed incidental take license as part of a habitat conservation plan or safe harbor agreement[.]; and

(4) An application for the registration of land by accretion for any land accreted along the ocean."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

INTRODUCED BY:

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