Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB403 Compare Versions

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1	1	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 403 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to beaches. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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3	3	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 403
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13	13	THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
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31	31	A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37	relating to beaches.
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43	43	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47	47	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the recent 2021 Waikiki beach replenishment project cost Hawaii taxpayers $2,500,000, while the private sector contributed $1,000,000, or less than twenty-nine per cent of the $3,500,000 total project cost. According to the department of land and natural resources, the Waikiki replenishment is part of a planned maintenance project that will reoccur every five to ten years. The legislature further finds that replenishment projects in resort areas provide substantial benefit to the travel industry and therefore, that the industry should contribute a greater percentage of total funds towards beach replenishment projects. The purpose of this Act is to limit public sector contribution, if any, for beach replenishment activities that are carried out in a resort zoned area. SECTION 2. Chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§171- Beach replenishment projects; state contribution. The State or counties shall pay not more than twenty per cent of the cost of any beach replenishment project executed in a resort zoned area." SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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49	49	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the recent 2021 Waikiki beach replenishment project cost Hawaii taxpayers $2,500,000, while the private sector contributed $1,000,000, or less than twenty-nine per cent of the $3,500,000 total project cost. According to the department of land and natural resources, the Waikiki replenishment is part of a planned maintenance project that will reoccur every five to ten years. The legislature further finds that replenishment projects in resort areas provide substantial benefit to the travel industry and therefore, that the industry should contribute a greater percentage of total funds towards beach replenishment projects.
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51	51	The purpose of this Act is to limit public sector contribution, if any, for beach replenishment activities that are carried out in a resort zoned area.
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53	53	SECTION 2. Chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
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55	55	"§171- Beach replenishment projects; state contribution. The State or counties shall pay not more than twenty per cent of the cost of any beach replenishment project executed in a resort zoned area."
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57	57	SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
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59	59	SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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63	63	INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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73	73	Report Title: Waikiki Beach Replenishment; Public Funding Limit; Resort Zoned Areas; Greater Private Sector Contributions Description: Limits public funding of beach replenishment projects in resort zoned areas to twenty per cent of the total cost. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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83	83	Waikiki Beach Replenishment; Public Funding Limit; Resort Zoned Areas; Greater Private Sector Contributions
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89	89	Limits public funding of beach replenishment projects in resort zoned areas to twenty per cent of the total cost.
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97	97	The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.