Report Title:

Kaneohe Bay Regional Council; He`eia Educational Triangle

Description:

Requires the Kaneohe Bay regional council to encourage the development of educational resources that integrate existing facilities at He`eia state park, King intermediate school, and the Hawaii institute of marine biology in order to increase the public's appreciation of the ecological and cultural assets of Kaneohe Bay.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

951

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to THE kaneohe bay regional council.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 200D-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§200D-3 Kaneohe Bay regional council; general powers, duties, and functions. The council shall have the following powers and duties and perform the following functions:

(1) Facilitate the implementation of the master plan as it relates to ocean use activities;

(2) Review and periodically amend the master plan as it relates to ocean use activities;

(3) Serve as a central coordinative clearinghouse of public and private activities in Kaneohe Bay, and as a repository and disseminator of information on the bay;

(4) Facilitate productive interaction between users of the bay and the general public in order to develop a common vision and make recommendations for public policy related to the bay;

(5) Recommend research, studies, data collection, and planning activities designed to provide additional information on Kaneohe Bay, with particular reference to the specific needs of the bay, and to publicize the results thereof, to the extent that these functions do not duplicate or supplant activities provided by other state or county agencies;

(6) Advise and make recommendations to the State and the county on matters regarding the use of Kaneohe Bay by the general public, marine research programs, and commercial ocean use activities, including legislative matters;

(7) Develop short- and long-term goals based on the master plan, resources, and programs for Kaneohe Bay;

(8) Educate the public and users of Kaneohe Bay on the problems and needs of the bay through public education programs;

(9) Serve as the public advocate for Kaneohe Bay;

(10) Initiate and maintain contact with public, private, county, and state organizations, agencies, and individuals engaging in activities in Kaneohe Bay;

(11) Establish a Kaneohe Bay fishing panel to monitor fishing activities in the bay, as recommended in the master plan as it relates to ocean use activities; [and]

(12) Hold [annual] public hearings [until 1999] on the status of the implementation of the master plan as it relates to ocean use activities and research being conducted by the Hawaii institute of marine biology[.]; and

(13) Encourage the development of educational resources that integrate existing facilities at He`eia state park, Samuel Wilder King intermediate school, and the Hawaii institute of marine biology (commonly known as Coconut Island) in order to provide ongoing public exposure to, and increase the public's appreciation of, the ecological and cultural assets of Kaneohe Bay, including its surrounding fishponds and ecosystems."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $        , or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003-2004, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2004-2005, to provide ongoing public exposure to, and increase the public's appreciation of, the ecological and cultural assets of Kaneohe Bay, including its surrounding fishponds and ecosystems.

SECTION 3. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.

INTRODUCED BY:

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