Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SR145

Introduced

3/7/25

Refer

3/12/25

Caption

Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Compensate The Residents Of Any Council District That Is Chosen To Host A New Landfill.

Impact

This resolution highlights the critical need for acknowledgment and compensation for communities adversely affected by the establishment of a landfill. It seeks to ensure that residents understand the implications of hosting a landfill on their locality, which include possible negative health, environmental, and economic effects. Compensation initiatives could take the form of financial support or community development programs aimed at mitigating these impacts. By urging the city to act, SR145 reflects a legislative effort to prioritize local residents' interests and welfare.

Summary

Senate Resolution 145, presented in the 2025 Hawaii legislative session, urges the City and County of Honolulu to provide compensation to residents of any council district selected to host a new landfill. This resolution emerges from ongoing efforts by the city to establish a new site for municipal solid waste, a move that has incited significant community opposition across Oahu. The residents express concerns not only about the potential environmental impacts, particularly the risks posed to the island's aquifers, but also about the financial burden such projects may place on taxpayers, estimated to run into tens or hundreds of millions of dollars for relocating and constructing landfill facilities.

Contention

Debate surrounding the establishment of the new landfill and the associated compensation may involve differing opinions on environmental protection, waste management, and community rights. Some legislators may argue against providing compensation, viewing it as an unnecessary additional burden on city finances, especially if they believe that providing a landfill is a public necessity for waste management. Conversely, proponents of the resolution are likely to emphasize equity and moral responsibility, advocating that communities facing the prospect of hosting such facilities deserve recognition and support for their sacrifices.

Latest HI SR145 Activity

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Companion Bills

HI SCR176

Same As Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Compensate The Residents Of Any Council District That Is Chosen To Host A New Landfill.

Previously Filed As

HI SR51

Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Exempt From Real Property Tax Those Property Owners Of Residential Units Within One-half Mile Of An Active Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Or Construction And Demolition Landfill Or Deemed To Have Been Impacted By An Active Landfill To A Degree That Warrants Such An Exemption.

HI SCR57

HI HCR107

HI HR113

HI HR77

Strongly Urging The City And County Of Honolulu To Reconsider Using The Waipo Soccer Complex As Its Next Landfill Site.

HI SR113

Urging The Mayor Of The City And County Of Honolulu, Honolulu City Council, And Honolulu Authority For Rapid Transportation To Find A Means To Fund The Construction Of The Park-and-ride Garage At Waiawa Station And Urging The Department Of Transportation Services Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Establish Additional Transit Services Between Central Oahu And Waiawa Station.

HI HCR160

Urging The Mayors And Councils Of The City And County Of Honolulu, County Of Maui, County Of Hawaii, And County Of Kauai To Establish Business Improvement Districts As Special Improvement Districts.

HI HR161

Urging The Mayors And Councils Of The City And County Of Honolulu, County Of Maui, County Of Hawaii, And County Of Kauai To Establish Business Improvement Districts As Special Improvement Districts.

HI SCR103

HI HCR163

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