HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

 

Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ‘Āina I ka Pono

 

COMMITTEE ON OCEAN, MARINE RESOURCES, & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Rep. Kaniela Ing, Chair

Rep. Lynn DeCoite, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Richard P. Creagan

Rep. Gregg Takayama

Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates

Rep. Cynthia Thielen

Rep. Calvin K.Y. Say

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

TIME:

9:45 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 312

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HB 1745

Status

RELATING TO TRAINING.

Requires certain additional government decision-makers at both the state and county levels to complete the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' training courses on Native Hawaiian and Hawaiian rights established by Act 169, SLH 2015.

 

OMH, LAB, FIN

HB 1746

Status

RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL HOUSING ACCOUNTS.

Increases the cap amounts of the tax deduction for individual housing accounts.  Authorizes certain funds from an individual housing account to be used to obtain rental housing.  Authorizes the accounts to be placed in a community development financial institution.  Repeals requirements for the payment of taxes on distributions used for the purchase of a first principal residence or to secure rental housing.

 

OMH, HSG, FIN

HB 1747

Status

RELATING TO INCREASING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS' PRO RATA SHARE OF PUBLIC LAND TRUST FUNDS.

Establishes $35,000,000 as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs' pro rata share of the public land trust.  Transfers $119,000,000 less certain funds to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for underpayment of the public land trust funds for 7/1/12 to 6/30/18.  Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide an annual accounting of receipts from lands described in section 5(f) of the Admissions Act.  Establishes a committee to recommend the annual amount of the income and proceeds from the public land trust that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs shall receive annually.  Appropriates funds.

 

OMH, FIN

HB 1751

Status

RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.

Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, through its Division of Aquatic Resources, to establish a network of marine protected areas, which includes no-take areas and herbivore replenishment areas, in coastal fishing areas with the most critical fish depletion.

 

OMH, EEP, FIN

HB 1752

Status

RELATING TO AQUATIC LIFE.

Establishes a non-commercial marine fishing license requirement.  Allocates any revenue generated to administration of the licensing program or marine resource management and protection.  Authorizes the Department of Land and Natural Resources to adopt rules.  Creates special fund.

 

OMH, JUD, FIN

HB 1722

Status

RELATING TO CESSPOOLS.

Establishes a grant program and special fund to assist beneficiaries on Hawaiian home lands with cesspool upgrade or conversion costs.  Establishes that a recipient of a cesspool upgrade grant shall not be eligible for the cesspool upgrade, conversion, or connection income tax credit.  Appropriates moneys for the grant program.

 

OMH, EEP/WAL, FIN

HB 1723

Status

RELATING TO MARINE LIFE PROTECTION.

Establishes a working group to identify high priority areas that are in need of marine protection management for potential designation as marine protected areas.

 

OMH, FIN

 

 

 

 

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

 

Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.  Testimony should indicate:

·     Testifier's name with position/title and organization;

·     The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;

·     The date and time of the hearing; and

·     Measure number. 

 

While every effort will be made to incorporate all testimony received, materials received on the day of the hearing or improperly identified or directed, may be distributed to the Committee after the hearing.

 

Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:

PAPER:  3 copies (including an original) to Room 324 in the State Capitol;

FAX:       For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 808-586-6779 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for Neighbor Islander without a computer to submit testimony through e-mail or the Web); or

WEB:     For testimony less than 10MB in size, transmit from http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.

 

Testimony submitted will be placed on the legislative website.  This public posting of testimony on the website should be considered when including personal information in your testimony.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the Committee Clerk at 586-8525 or email your request for an interpreter to [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing for arrangements.  Prompt requests submitted help to ensure the availability of qualified individuals and appropriate accommodations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Kaniela Ing

Chair