CR 24-84
Recommending the following: 1. ADOPTION of Resolution 24-130, CD1, to approve for inclusion in the 2025 Hawai‘i State Association of Counties Legislative Package a proposed State bill to: 1) define the public trust purposes of the Commission on Water Resource Management (“Commission”) and require the Commission, in acting upon water use permit applications, to prioritize applications for public trust purposes; 2) allow the Commission to retain independent legal counsel; 3) repeal the position of Deputy to the Chairperson of the Commission and establish the position of Executive Director of the Commission; 4) amend the composition of the Commission and administratively attach it to the Department of Land and Natural Resources; 5) authorize entities to challenge an emergency order of the Commission under certain conditions; 6) establish fines for certain water use offenses; and 7) amend the Commission’s authority to declare water emergencies and issue orders to address them and declare water shortages and related notice requirements; and 2. ADOPTION of Resolution 24-131, CD1, to approve for inclusion in the 2025 Maui County Council Legislative Package a proposed State bill to: 1) define the public trust purposes of the Commission on Water Resource Management (“Commission”) and require the Commission, in acting upon water use permit applications, to prioritize applications for public trust purposes; 2) allow the Commission to retain independent legal counsel; 3) repeal the position of Deputy to the Chairperson of the Commission and establish the position of Executive Director of the Commission; 4) amend the composition of the Commission and administratively attach it to the Department of Land and Natural Resources; 5) authorize entities to challenge an emergency order of the Commission under certain conditions; 6) establish fines for certain water use offenses; and 7) amend the Commission’s authority to declare water emergencies and issue orders to address them and declare water shortages and related notice requirements.
- Committee
- Government Relations, Ethics, and Transparency Committee (2023-2025)
- Introduced
- September 6, 2024
- On agenda
- September 13, 2024